Salvaging the yogurt

Any of you that have been following my blog for any amount of time should know that there was no way I was going to just throw out all my failed runny yogurt. And I really wasn't feeling gracious enough to give it to the dogs, cats or chickens.

I made this yogurt darnit, I was going to eat it!  So here are a few things I did with all that fermented and runny milk goodness:

Frozen Chocolate Yogurt Cups
Runny yogurt, little bit of Ovaltine, drop of Stevia & into the freezer!

Sour yogurt biscuits.  Homemade biscuit mix, one
egg and enough really tart yogurt to make biscuit dough.

Peanut butter, honey & yogurt whipped up for dipping apples!

Yogurt Pound'ish Cake

Since the Yogurt Pound'ish Cake turned out so well, I'll share the recipe with you....

1 Cup Butter, softened
2 Cups Sugar
3 Eggs
1 tsp. Vanilla
8 oz. Runny Yogurt
2 1/2 Cups Flour (I used 1/2 white & 1/2 whole wheat)
1/2 tsp. Baking Soda
1/2 tsp. Salt

Cream butter & sugar, add eggs, vanilla, runny yogurt & mix.  Add sifted flour, soda, salt & add to bowl.  Mix well.  Pour into greased & floured pan.  Bake in pre-heated 325 degree oven for 70 minutes.  Let cool in pan for 10 minutes then flip over to release the cake.

Yum!

I also made yogurt sour cream by taking the really tart runny yogurt and straining it through cheesecloth overnight.  Delicious on baked potatoes or anywhere sour cream is called for.  I haven't tried cooking with it as a substitute for sour cream yet though, but will let you know when I do.

And of course, yogurt smoothies.  Who could forget about those?  Fruits, sweetener, semi-frozen runny yogurt, blender, done!

Yes Jane, I have "embraced the runny". :)