Instant Pot Yogurt is one of my favorite kitchen projects, dear—it’s so rewarding to make creamy, delicious yogurt right at home! All you need is milk, a bit of starter yogurt, and your trusty Instant Pot to create something truly special.
What makes this recipe so wonderful is how simple it really is—just a few quality ingredients and the Instant Pot does most of the work for you. The key is starting with that proper sanitation step, which gives you the cleanest, most reliable yogurt every single time.
I love serving homemade yogurt to my grandchildren with fresh berries and a drizzle of honey—their faces light up when I tell them Gran made it herself! It’s become a cherished part of our family traditions, and now the grandkids ask for it by name.
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Instant Pot Yogurt
Ingredients
- 1 cup Water
- 6 cup Milk
- 6 teaspoon Yogurt
Instructions
- The first step when making yogurt in your instant pot is sanitation: add 1 cup of water to you pot, click on steam, adjust the time to 1 minute and the machine will start.
- Make sure the valve is on sealing position.
- When the machine is done, throw away the water and add the milk.
- Select the yogurt function, then adjust to boil.
- When the machine is done boiling your milk, wait for it to cool down to a temperature that feels comfortable in your skin (about 104 F).
- This usually takes 25 minutes.
- Now is the time to add your store bought yogurt (next time you may use the yogurt you made yourself).
- Stir it well to dissolve the yogurt in the milk.
- Select the yogurt function and let the machine do its business!
- It takes 8 hours and you will be able to taste your homemade yogurt!
- Here is a photo of the pot.
