Dairy goat milk is a wonderful resource on the homestead. Once you start milking goats you’ll have times when you have way more milk than your family can drink! Here are lots of ways to get your brain thinking and solve that problem of excess milk.
Looking for fun and different ways to use your goat's milk? Check out these 20 goat milk recipes to make on your homestead!
You will LOVE this Goat Cheese! It is the creamiest Chevre with a very mild flavor. It’s pleasant tang is perfect to use in recipes, or to eat by itself with crackers or chips!
If you've never tasted cajeta, you're in for a luscious surprise—a thick, gooey sauce reminiscent of dulce de leche, but exponentially more complex. My method will reduce a quart of goat's milk down to a half cup in less than an hour, concentrating its flavor and consistency. Drizzle it over your favorite ice cream, use it as a dip for apple slices, spread it over cake, or just lick it off a spoon...
Description and photos of a process for making goat milk butter using a KitchenAid mixer - no cream separator or butter churn needed!
Nourishing, simple, homemade lotion recipe using raw goat milk and essential oils.
Goat milk yogurt has different milk proteins than cow's milk and needs a thickening agent to help it set like a traditional yogurt. Using the correct amount of gelatin helps keep the right consistency.
Most people will turn up their nose when I tell them I milk my goat and then drink it. “Ew…
Make homemade mozzarella cheese using goat milk!
Learn how to make goat milk ricotta at home with ease.
A sweet, caramel sauce made from goat milk- similar to dulce de leche
Learn to make creamy, tangy Feta in this easy cheese tutorial. This is the perfect tutorial for beginners and experienced cheesemakers alike!
Enjoy these recipes for vanilla and chocolate goat milk ice cream on their own, or mix in your favorite nuts, cookies, or candies to create your own flavors. These are custard style recipes that ca…
Here's a pudding recipe that I created using almost all ingredients found within 100 yards of my kitchen ... goat milk, eggs, and maple syrup.
Description and photos of a process for making goat milk butter using a KitchenAid mixer - no cream separator or butter churn needed!
Learn how to use and separate goat milk heavy cream even if you do not have a cream separator. Heavy cream is used in a lot of recipes and can be frozen. #goatmilkheavycream #howtomakeheavycreamfromgoatmilk #heavycream #goatmilk
A goat milk ice cream recipe is a good way to make use of any extra goat milk you may have.
Make homemade mozzarella cheese using goat milk!
Creamy goat milk caramels are a great candy recipe for beginners. Homemade caramel candies make beautiful gifts, or a delicious make-ahead treat to have on hand for unexpected sweet cravings!
Try this easy liquid goat milk soap recipe in your own home.
Recipe adapted from Home Cheese Making.Looking for more raw cheese info and recipes? Check out our Raw Cheese series, including easy raw cheese recipes, basic cultures, tools, and equipment, recommended resources, and benefits of raw cheese!
Goat milk yogurt doesn’t naturally firm up as cow milk yogurt does. This recipe shows you all the secrets to make a great yogurt with goat milk.
How to make Kefir with Goat Milk. So easy! Just 2 ingredients! Fermented food for your gut health! Mother Nature's probiotics.
Looking for fun and different ways to use your goat's milk? Check out these 20 goat milk recipes to make on your homestead!
You will LOVE this Goat Cheese! It is the creamiest Chevre with a very mild flavor. It’s pleasant tang is perfect to use in recipes, or to eat by itself with crackers or chips!
Ever wondered how to make goat milk sour cream? We've got a little trick for you that makes it super-simple and takes only 1-2 minutes.
Stretchy, delicous, creamy goat's milk mozzarella!
Make homemade mozzarella cheese using goat milk!
Rich, creamy, soft, lactose-friendly ice cream at home with goat's milk. Vanilla bean, strawberry, cookies 'n cream, mint chocolate chip, and brown sugar variations.
How to make goat cheese at home step by step!
Learn how to make homemade goat milk yogurt! It's a simple process and so much better than the stuff you can find in the store!
We love when you send us your recipes! Julie Ott in North Berwick, Maine sent us this one. We haven’t tried it yet, so, when you do, please let us know how it went. About Julie I have been …
Goat cheese (or chevre cheese) is super simple to make at home, not to mention ridiculously cost-effective. Using just 3 ingredients, you can whip up a batch of customizable homemade goats cheese ready to impress your family and friends!
A delicious, nutritious, easy recipe to make at home.
Learn how to make homemade goat milk yogurt! It's a simple process and so much better than the stuff you can find in the store!
If you follow these 8 simple steps I promise your goat milk will taste delicious every time!
Easy homemade goat (or cow) milk cheese provides step-by-step instructions with pictures on how to make a simple, delicious cheese with goat or cow milk.
Spring often bring an excess of fresh eggs and lots of milk. Hens resume laying their daily eggs and the goats give birth to their kids and produce milk in abundance. Sometimes I'm challenged to find ways to use it all and not let it go to waste. (Although homestead dogs don't ever think it's a waste when I give them milk and eggs!) If you're a "seasonal cook," then over the winter when eggs and milk are scarce you probably don't make cheese or angel food cakes from scratch, recipes that require a lot of milk and eggs. But during the spring and summer when there are plenty of both milk and eggs, we can splash out on some luxury dishes. Here are a few dishes to make when there are plenty of eggs, and some ways to preserve eggs when you have a surplus. Now let's talk about goat milk. Of course you can use cow milk in these same ways, if you have a dairy cow instead of goats. This post contains affiliate links. You can read my disclosure here. How much milk does a dairy goat produce? A dairy goat can produce up to a gallon of milk or more per day, depending on her breed, how long ago she kidded, whether you've weaned her kids, and whether you're milking once or twice a day. Multiply that by the number of goats you're milking and you can see why spring can be a bit overwhelming for a goat keeper. If you have an abundance of milk, here are a few ways to use it. 15 Ways to Use Goat Milk 1. The obvious way to use goat milk is, of course, to drink it fresh. For the best-tasting milk, be careful what your does eat, keep the milk super-clean right from the udder, and chill it very quickly. We always drink the freshest milk, fresh out of the goat that morning. Are you wondering how goat milk tastes? You can find out in this post. 2. Stir goat milk into your coffee. 3. Use goat milk to make fruit smoothies. 4. Make yogurt, using a half gallon or a gallon of goat milk at a time. 5. Make some kefir using goat milk. 6. Cook with goat milk. Mashed potatoes, baked goods, light and fluffy pancakes, and macaroni and cheese are some of our family's favorite dishes that use milk. 7. Make farmers cheese. This simple cheese is perfect for beginners. Mixed with herbs, it makes a tasty dip for crackers, chips or vegetables. 8. Make mozzarella cheese. It's a little trickier, but it's also fun! 9. Make ricotta cheese. Ricotta is traditionally made from the whey that is a byproduct of cheesemaking, but you'll have a greater yield if you use whole milk instead of whey. It's possible (and frugal) to make a batch of farmers cheese and then use the leftover whey to make ricotta. Doing this makes me feel like a super-hero! 10. Make fudge. 11. Make cajeta (caramel sauce). You might have heard of dulce de leche, which is caramel sauce made from cow milk. Cajeta is the same caramel sauce made with goat milk. As a goat lover and a homestead gardener, I'm excited to also share my gardening tips with you - from planting seeds to enjoying the fruits (and vegetables) of your labor! You can find my gardening advice and insights right here, so let's dig in and cultivate some fresh, delicious produce together. 12. Make butter. Goat milk butter is white, by the way. Since the fat globules in goat milk are much smaller than the fat in cows' milk, the cream doesn’t easily separate from the milk. This can be a tedious task, but it is possible. Check out How To Get Cream From Goats' Milk: make your own butter, whipped cream, ice cream, and more by Leigh Tate, a small ebook available on Amazon. Leigh gives several options for removing the cream from the milk, and includes several recipes as well. 13. Make ice cream - again, the cream doesn’t separate easily. Instead, you can make ice milk or use a combination of goat milk and cream from the grocery store. We've made vanilla, strawberry, peanut butter, peach, and even peppermint chocolate chip flavored ice cream and ice milk. To make ice milk, just follow a from-scratch recipe that uses milk rather than cream. To make ice cream, use a combination of goat milk and purchased cream. 14. Give goat milk to your dogs, pigs and chickens. Our dogs love goat milk; I give them some every day during milking season. In years when we raised pigs for the freezer, goat milk was a part of the pigs' daily rations too. 15. Make some wonderfully luxurious goat milk soap and shampoo bars. In order to keep the milk sugar from burning in the soap making process, I use frozen milk when I make soap. So even if I'm not ready to make soap today, I freeze the milk to use in soap making later. What is your favorite way to use goat milk? You'll find all of my goat keeping posts here, from milking to goat health and more. 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This fudge recipe is the easiest because it's made in the microwave and it turns out perfect every time!
The Benefits of Goat Milk are Astounding. Truly. These 10 reasons are why you should look into drinking goat milk. Your body will thank you!
Every goat owning homesteader should try their hand at making goat cheese. Here we explain how easy it can be done, in between all your other chores!
If you're wondering how to make healthy paleo vanilla custard, you've come to the right place. This recipe is actually quite healthy.
If you have your own fresh milk and want to learn how to pasteurize milk, the process is pretty simple and does not take too much time.
Goats milk ricotta With only 3 ingredients, this easy home made goats milk ricotta will stop you from ever buying store bought again! Rich…
Here's an easy recipe for a beginning cheesemaker to try. Make feta at home with just a few ingredients and simple steps!
This nourishing goat milk soap that uses the traditional process (cold process) is so easy to make! The healthy fats and oils in the mixture will give you a deeply moisturizing bar that lathers well and removes dirt!
Make homemade mozzarella cheese using goat milk!
