Dehydrating Yogurt

The most successful dairy product I’ve dehydrated so far is Greek yogurt.  Check the page on yogurt to see the pictures of how it turned out. 

One of my problems in the past has been that sometimes the yogurt goes bad before I can use it all.  for years I was reluctant to buy yogurt, even on sale, for that very reason. However, once I learned to dehydrate yogurt, I no longer hesitated to buy it. 

I had first heard of commercially prepared yogurt drops as a snack. So I decided to give it a try. I put small blobs of yogurt on my fruit leather trays and dried them. They shriveled up into a thin mess and cracked on the fruit leather trays.  It was impossible to get them off the racks.

 Then I made ¼ cup portions. I used a portion scooper to plop them onto the racks.  I took an egg mold (the kind used by restaurants to keep a uniform shape on the eggs) and leveled the blobs into a standardized shape and thickness.

   

These dried beautifully!  They were easily removed from the trays and made a wonderful, chewy snack.  It’s a great way to get that acidolphus needed for digestion. 

If you happen to get it too thin, it will tend to crack a bit more.

Although my husband and I prefer the plain yogurt, it will be a simple matter to make fruit yogurts. 

• Simply buzz the fruit of your choice into a puree and blend with the yogurt before dehydrating.
• For a fancier treat, try inserting a slice of canned fruit onto the top of each blob of yogurt and dehydrate together.
• If you like, mix in a little powdered cinnamon before dehydrating.
• You are limited only by your imagination!