Instant Pot Yogurt (Traditional Method)
This recipe for homemade yogurt uses the traditional method to make yogurt in the Instant Pot using regular whole milk.
- Prep Time: 4 hours
- Cook Time: 8 hours
- Total Time: 12 hours
Ingredients
Scale
1 gallon whole milk
4 Tablespoons whole milk yogurt with live cultures
Instructions
- Boil the milk using the Yogurt function (click the button until it says “boil”) on the Instant Pot. This should take about 45 minutes. The milk will reach 180-190 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Turn off the Instant Pot. Let milk stand for 10-15 minutes, then remove the inner chamber pot from the Instant Pot and let the milk cool until it reaches 100-110 degrees Fahrenheit. This will take even longer, several hours.
- When the milk has cooled, add the yogurt, whisking to combine until smooth.
- Close the lid and turn on the Yogurt Function again, this time setting it for a minimum of 8 hours and up to 24. I like to do this overnight, setting it for 10-12 hours.
- Let it cool and rest for about an hour before gently scooping the yogurt out and storing the yogurt in the refrigerator.
- For thicker yogurt, strain it through a fine mesh sieve lined with cheesecloth first, to remove excess whey.
- Store the yogurt in the refrigerator for 7-10 days.
Notes
This will make a large amount of yogurt, so you can halve the recipe if you don’t need a large amount.
The incubation time will still be the same.