If you like making your own dog treats but can't find yogurt powder to make a healthy icing for them, you can make yogurt powder at home.
See the directions below on how to make your own yogurt powder at home.
What You Need:
One container of plain natural yogurt. You can use 0%, 1,2 or 3%.
1 cheese cloth
Hand strainer
Wire rack
Baking sheet
Instructions:
Steps 1-3 are optional. I prefer draining a lot of the excess water first.
Preheat oven to 150°f or 60°c.
1. fold the cheese cloth in half and place lay evenly in the hand strainer. Place the strainer on a small bowl or any container the strainer will fit on top of.
2. Empty the yogurt onto the cheese cloth.
3. Twist the the excess cheese cloth till firm. Put into the fridge for 4-6 hours or overnight.
4. Line a wire rack with parchment paper, NOT wax paper.
5. Spread the yogurt evenly and fairly thin.
6. With a spatula, score the yogurt.
7. Place the wire rack onto a cookie sheet.
8. Place the baking sheet in the oven on the middle rack and dry at 150°f or 60°c for 4-7 hours, depending on thickness and oven temperatures.
9. The yogurt will dry from the outer edges first, as the yogurt dries, remove from the oven and place to the side. Continue doing this until all the yogurt has dried.
10. Once all the yogurt is dry, put it into a coffee grinder or personal blenders and grind the yogurt down for approx 1 min.
11. Spread the ground yogurt back on to the parchment paper and wire tray and place back in the oven for approx. 20-40 mins. Watch the yogurt closely as it will burn easily; if you see the ground yogurt starting to turn light brown, remove it from the oven right away.
12. Remove the ground yogurt from the oven and let cool completely.
13. Place in the coffee grinder, and grind for 1 min.
14. Place the yogurt powder into an zip lock bag or air tight container.
Add yogurt powder to muffins, cookies, cakes, or any recipe that calls for yogurt.
