How to Make Homemade Cream Cheese

Make Homemade Cream Cheese

Once you see how easy it is to make this Amish recipe for cream cheese, you will always have fresh cream cheese for your love of bagels and other tasty treats and recipes. Does this Spark an idea?

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Fresh Milk
1 small container of yogurt
Cheesecloth bag

Instructions

- 1
  
  Heat 2 quarts of fresh milk slowly to 98 degrees.
- 2
  
  Add a small cup of yogurt (plain,with active cultures) and stir.
- 3
  
  Set in a warm place until it thickens
- 4
  
  Drain through a cheesecloth bag
- 5
  
  Press into forms and enjoy!
- 6
  
  Store what you don't use in the refrigerator or your freezer.

Tips & Warnings

reserve a cup of the mixture before straining for your next batch instead of the yogurt if you like.

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Joy Nov 17, 2011
Will try this Thank you.
dottyjamil Jul 07, 2011
haha! that is of course the better deal. tapi out of curiousity aku rasa nak try gok ler...heheheh..
dottyjamil Jul 07, 2011
seriously? really?
Shirley Philbrick Sep 23, 2008
Saving this to favorites, thanks !
Shirley Philbrick Sep 23, 2008
Saving this to favorites, thanks !

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