Homemade Yogurt

Description
This recipe is for fresh wholesome yogurt, no special equipment required. It will be sweeter and possibly thinner than store-bought yogurt.

Ingredients

 * 2 cups whole or 2% milk
 * 2 tsp yogurt (whisked until smooth)
 * ½ inch piece of gingerroot *optional (recommended for removing toxicity from the milk)

Directions

 * 1) Place milk in a medium-size saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat.
 * 2) Simmer for 5 minutes while stirring (be careful not to let it burn) *let cool to about 100% - 112%.
 * 3) (use a cooking thermometer or own judgment) *pour milk into a sterilized glass jar.
 * 4) Add yogurt (pick out the ginger).
 * 5) Cover jar with loose fitting lid and completely wrap it in a kitchen towel (you want the yogurt to maintain the ideal temperature but not suffocate it as it needs air to multiply).
 * 6) Place in oven next to the bulb (to culture properly it needs an environment of 95%.
 * 7) Leave overnight without disturbing it and you will have fresh yogurt in the morning!.