Salted Caramel Frozen Yogurt in a Jar
What better way to welcome the official start of summer than with homemade frozen yogurt? Especially when you don’t even need an ice cream machine to make it? This rich, creamy salted caramel frozen yogurt is made right in the mason jar that it’s served out of!
This week, Sunday Supper is hosting a dessert party in celebration of Shaina Olmanson’s book Desserts in Jars. I’ve had this book for a while (I think I picked it up at one of the conferences that I attended last year?), and it’s filled with really fun recipes from individual cakes and pies baked right in jars to unbaked mixes that makes great gifts to frozen treats like ice cream parfaits and granitas. (See below to learn how you can win a copy for yourself!)
This recipe for frozen yogurt doesn’t come from the book, but it is inspired by the book. Here’s the thing: I have an ice cream maker, but I kind of hate it. It’s huge, and the bowl needs to be frozen for at least 8 hours before you use it. That’s kind of annoying when you want to make ice cream or frozen yogurt impulsively. Theoretically you could keep the bowl in the freezer and be good to go whenever, but that’s not practical for me – there’s just not enough room in there! When I was flipping through my copy of Desserts in Jars trying to come up with an idea for this week’s post, I remembered one day in kindergarten when we made ice cream in ziplock bags and I thought that the concept could b adapted for a mason jar.
There are two methods that you can use to freeze your yogurt here, an each have their own advantages and disadvantages. In the first method, you basically recreate an old-school crank style ice cream maker by placing the jar inside a larger vessel filled with ice and salt, then stir continually while the jar rapidly cools. This method produces the smoothest, silkiest frozen yogurt but it’s kind of a pain in the butt. I’m not going to lie, stirring the jar for a half hour gets pretty boring. The other method is to place the filled jar right into the freezer, taking it out and giving it a good shake or stir every half hour until the contents are frozen. This way is easier, but it takes a lot longer (plan for 3 or 4 hours) and the resulting dessert won’t be quite as creamy.
Either way, it’s delicious.
can I make this with an ice cream maker?
sure!
Thanks for this recipe! What yogurt maker do you have? I love natural products and I want to make yogurts for my family every day. Your recipe is very good and I want to prepare it. Help me to choose a new yogurt maker. I saw a good review at the topreviews.best What do you think about these models?
I have never made my own ice cream or frozen yogurt, but I am feeling like giving it a try to day. I saw ice cream in a bag on pinterest while looking for recipes and had the same thought…gosh, couldn’t I just put it all in a mason jar and shake that baby up once in a while? Google mason jar frozen yogurt…nothing. Bummed. Ok I’ll keep looking for recipes that I might like. Googled salted carmel frozen yogurt. Bam. Your post. And the Twilight theme music was playing in the background. Ok I made that last part up but I’m glad we apparently share the same thoughts and will be trying my own froyo in a mason jar tonight.
I’m will be giving this a try. I love the idea of salted caramel. Thanks so much for sharing!
I am in love… Salted Caramel and Yogurt and no need for an ice cream machine. I will be making this for sure even if our snow doesn’t melt this year… Pinning.
I love salted caramel! I can’t wait to try this fantastic yogurt recipe!!!
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Chocolate malt def favorite flavor!
I always forget about making fro yo! Love the caramel idea too
YUM-TOWN! I have an homemade ice cream shop in the city where I live, and salted caramel is by far their biggest seller. I also have an ice cream maker at home, and I HEAR YOU on freezing that stupid bowl. Like, who wants to keep that in the freezer 365 days a year on the off chance you want to make some ice cream? But conversely, who wants to plan ahead 2 days before they want to make impulse ice cream? Yeah, my ice cream maker directions say to freeze it for TWO DAYS. Ridiculous 🙂