Healthy Homemade Instant Pot Yogurt

his healthy Instant Pot yogurt is such an easy yogurt recipe! There are no artificial sweeteners or flavorings and you can make this into plain or honey and vanilla yogurt. Top with berries and granola for a tasty breakfast!

Ingredients

• 1/2 gallon milk 1% or 2% to be fix approved, but any fat content will work | ultra-pasteurized
• 3 tbsp Greek yogurt with live cultures plain, this is your starter
• 1 tbsp vanilla optional
• 1/4 cup honey optional

Instructions

• You’ll want to sanitize your Instant Pot before you begin. This of course keeps your yogurt sanitary (especially when you think about it sitting in there for hours) but it also helps to avoid any other smells or tastes being added to the yogurt. I highly recommend grabbing another Instant Pot sealing ring if yours smells like meat or other strong smells.
• Add 1/4 gallon of the milk to the Instant Pot insert. Mix in the Greek yogurt. The plain Greek yogurt is needed because it contains the live yogurt cultures.
• Next, mix in the vanilla and honey. This is optional, if you want plain yogurt then leave out the vanilla and honey and skip to step 3. Once the honey is dissolved, mix in the remaining 1/4 gallon of milk (it’s easier to mix this way).
• Tightly cover the Instant Pot with a lid. I prefer this silicone lid, but any lid is fine, if you use the Instant Pot lid be sure to leave the pressure valve open so it doesn’t build pressure.
• Press the yogurt button twice to bypass the boil stage. Let the yogurt incubate for 8-9 hours. The longer the yogurt incubates, the more tart it will get. My yogurt wasn’t tart at all incubating for 8 hours.
• Once the incubation is done, remove the Instant Pot insert and place it in the refrigerator overnight. Do not stir the yogurt or it will break apart the enzymes and become runny.
• The next day, remove the yogurt from the refrigerator and transfer it an air tight storage container. Store in the refrigerator for 1-2 weeks. Serve with fruit and homemade granola.

Notes

Makes: approximately 2 Quarts, each serving is 3/4CYou can cut this recipe in half to make less yogurt! 21 Day Fix is counted as ¾ cup = 1R. If you add honey to the batch, I’d add a teaspoon of sweetener as well.Weight Watchers: per serving (without honey and using 1% milk & fat-free Greek yogurt) is 2 Blue Plan Points | 3 Green Plan Points | 2 Purple Plan Points 

Nutrition

Calories: 127kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 88mg | Potassium: 276mg | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 193IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 232mg | Iron: 1mg