Salton YM9 1-Quart Yogurt Maker (Review)
Salton YM9 1-Quart Yogurt Maker
| Average Customer Rating: 4.5 |
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| Yogurt is a great, guilt-free snack for both adults and kids. With this yogurt maker, it's easy to add favorite flavors--including exotic and sweet fruits, rich crunchy nuts, and natural sweeteners--to basic yogurt. Just follow the recipes, supplied by the manufacturer, and a nutritious snack, with very little fat and no preservatives (like most commercial brands), is not too far away. Making yogurt takes from 4 to 10 hours to process, depending on desired tartness of the batch. If you're looking for frozen yogurt, you do have to chill it for 2 hours in the freezer before consumption after it's made. The yogurt can be stored up to one week. --Teresa Simanton |
| When I had an oven with a pilot light, I made yogurt there. It is not rocket science to keep the brew at the proper temperature, and this machine does the job. BTW, making yogurt from powdered dry milk makes boiling unnecessary--just warm it up for about 2 minutes in the microwave (add 1/3 cup powdered dry milk to enhance the texture). I have had great success making yogurt with this, but the design is ridiculous. I would love to see the inner tub redesigned. There's a "spoon" built into the side of the inner tub. Having the spoon there makes it a pain to take the lid on and off and it's so funny shaped I cannot imagine someone using it to eat. The inner unit does not seal, making it a sketchy place to store yogurt in the fridge; the lid just sits on top without any type of fastener and falls off quite easily. All that said, it does reliably make yogurt. Just receive this yogurt maker today and make my first batch of homemake yogurt. The instruction is very easy to follow, I use whole milk and went to Stater brother and get a tub of their plain yogurt as a starter. The other brands are more expensive. I first plug in the unit so it will get warm. Then I bring 4 cup whole milk almost to a boil and cool it in the ice water bath. I do not like short cut and killing all the bad stuff first is not a step to be skipped. I put 1/2 cup of stater brother plain yogurt in the container, pour in the lukewarm milk and mix gently just to spread the starter all over. I did not use any instant milk powder because of the additives and preservatives. After 5 hours, I open the cover and can smell the fresh warm tangy yogurt. It is soft, creamy and white, kinda like soft silken tofu. I pour it in a container and refrigerate it for later so it will solidify more. This is a great yogurt maker and very light weight. Very easy to use. I am happy with the plastic container so it is light weight and not easy to break. I just wash it and sanitize it by rinsing it with hot boiling water. I would recommend this to everyone. The key is to keep everything in constant low temperature. I can't believe this is so easy and convenient. Success on the first try and very happy. Good things do come with a small package. Forget about all the tiny bottles to clean. This is a steal for under $10 at Amazon.com with free shipping. |
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