Yep, we do it all the time. The best way to make frozen yogurt is with an ice cream maker. I posted a whole list of my frozen yogurt/ice cream recipes we've made. I'll have to see if I can find it. But basically I take ff yogurt and thin it with ff milk until its about a smoothie/milkshake consistency (about 1 cup yogurt to 1/2 c milk) Then I add flavorings/sf syrup/splenda whatever I feel like. You have to add MORE than you would it eating it room temp because when you freeze things they lose a little flavor - so you want it to almost taste overly sweet when it goes in the machine.
The thing is though - that you have to eat it right away, you cannot put it into a container and freeze it for long term - it will turn into a brick! Commercial ice cream/frozen yogurt uses stablizers and such to keep it "creamy" when frozen that hard that we just have access to. Someone suggested gelatin to stablize frozen yogurt, I haven't tried it yet though. We just make enough for that night.
If you don't have an ice cream maker there are a couple other ways to do it, I would either put it in a shallow baking pan and then take it out and "scrap" it with a fork every hour or so while it freezes. It will be more of a slushee (the chef's term for this is a "granita" kind of like sorbet consistency) Or you could freeze it in a block that you could "slice" and then whizz it in the blender to break it up before eating.
Thanks MichaelAnn! I appreciate the info. I will have to try it! I don't have an ice cream maker but I'm sure I can make do with the freezer. Something to look forward to when the weather gets a little warmer:).
I am eating some right now (at my desk and should be working) but anyway. I don't have a small icecream freezer but if you eat it right away, which I always do, it is great. I have 1 cup plain ff yogurt, splenda, sf vanilla syrup and 1 T natural peanutbutter. I mix it up and bring it into work and stick it in the freezer for a couple hours. I've made the chocolate also. You don't have to wait til warmer weather! Hope you like it.
Yep, we do it all the time. The best way to make frozen yogurt is with an ice cream maker. I posted a whole list of my frozen yogurt/ice cream recipes we've made. I'll have to see if I can find it. But basically I take ff yogurt and thin it with ff milk until its about a smoothie/milkshake consistency (about 1 cup yogurt to 1/2 c milk) Then I add flavorings/sf syrup/splenda whatever I feel like. You have to add MORE than you would it eating it room temp because when you freeze things they lose a little flavor - so you want it to almost taste overly sweet when it goes in the machine.
The thing is though - that you have to eat it right away, you cannot put it into a container and freeze it for long term - it will turn into a brick! Commercial ice cream/frozen yogurt uses stablizers and such to keep it "creamy" when frozen that hard that we just have access to. Someone suggested gelatin to stablize frozen yogurt, I haven't tried it yet though. We just make enough for that night.
If you don't have an ice cream maker there are a couple other ways to do it, I would either put it in a shallow baking pan and then take it out and "scrap" it with a fork every hour or so while it freezes. It will be more of a slushee (the chef's term for this is a "granita" kind of like sorbet consistency) Or you could freeze it in a block that you could "slice" and then whizz it in the blender to break it up before eating.
HTH!
MichaelAnn
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Here's the frozen yogurt ideas I posted before:
http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-fbsouthbeach/?msg=12423.1
MIchaelAnn
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I appreciate the info. I will have to try it! I don't have an ice cream maker but I'm sure I can make do with the freezer.
Something to look forward to when the weather gets a little warmer:).
I am eating some right now (at my desk and should be working) but anyway. I don't have a small icecream freezer but if you eat it right away, which I always do, it is great. I have 1 cup plain ff yogurt, splenda, sf vanilla syrup and 1 T natural peanutbutter. I mix it up and bring it into work and stick it in the freezer for a couple hours. I've made the chocolate also. You don't have to wait til warmer weather! Hope you like it.
Trudy