Frozen Yogurt Gets Too Hard in the Freezer: Advice?

[Anonymous]

I made frozen yogurt the other day. It's rock solid. Ice cream in the same freezer doesn't get as hard. Suggestions on getting the yogurt not to be so hard? For now I'm letting the yogurt soften a bit before serving it each time! TIA.

[Anonymous]

To soften it quickly microwave the container for about 20 seconds (but only if it's in a microwave safe container, of course).

[Anonymous]

Thanks. I don't own a microwave!

[Anonymous]

What's in the recipe? Perhaps you need to add something else to it?

[Anonymous]

Just yogurt, sugar and vanilla. I have crossreferenced a number of recipes and don't know what would lower the freezing temperature so it wasn't rock hard. I am going t try it with a higher fat content next time; the low fat content might be the problem.

[Anonymous]

I think the low fat content is why it freezes too hard. I made "ice cream" with 0% greek yogurt, fresh strawberries, vanilla and splenda and froze it way too long. It's not like ice cream you can can in the freezer and scoop out easily, needs to be made and eaten after in the freezer just an hour or so.

[Anonymous]

OP here. That's it. Apparently 15 seconds in the microwave makes it soft enough to eat. Since I don't have one, I left it out until it got soft and put it in the blender with a little milk and it made a scrumptuous shake.