This contest is closed and the winner has been selected. Congrats to…
Melissa! She said “I’ve never considered making my own yogurt before. It seems complicated and overwhelming! What a great introduction, I’m interested now!”
The best way to control the ingredients in your food and avoid unwanted chemicals is to make items at home from scratch. Sometimes that can be easier said than done though so today I’d like to introduce you to a kitchen tool that will help make this job easier – and quicker! The Brød & Taylor Folding Proofer takes the guess work out of bread baking, simplifies homemade yogurt making, and holds chocolate at temperatures ideal for melting or use after tempering. With the ability to work with both gluten-free and lactose-free diets, once you are all done this 3-in-1 folds up for easy storage.
Giveaway Details
1 winner will receive a Brød & Taylor Folding Proofer and Yogurt Maker – worth $159!
More about Brød & Taylor’s Folding Proofer
The folding proofer is a multi-use kitchen appliance that can be used in preparing bread, yogurt, and chocolate. Obviously the first two items are great for eating “real” food, but the third can be a special (and occasional) treat. The benefit of the proofer is that it allows you to control the ingredients used in your food and also can help you save money by making foods at home.
The proofer also folds for easy storage and little counter space; it’s super easy to fold it and place it in your pantry/cupboard or wherever you have some flat space. Or, if you wish to keep it open, you can store crackers or cookies in it and it will help them stay crisp.
Those who follow a gluten-free or lactose-free diet can also use the proofer; in fact, there is a recipe for lactose-free yogurt on their website as well.
Product Features
Bread:
- Provides the ideal environment for rising bread dough, even in cool or dry conditions
- Accurate digital temperature control draws out the best flavors in homemade bread
- A full rise gives bread dough the best structure and texture
- Consistent, delicious and more professional results for homemade bread
- Guests coming? Proofer set to 85F rises dough twice as fast as a cool 68F kitchen
- No more off flavors from an overly warm or uneven proof setting on your oven
- Perfect for warming cold dough from the refrigerator
- Maintains consistent warmth and humidity for an overnight starter or pre-ferment
- Essential for sourdough – encourages a full rise without danger of heat damage to delicate wild yeasts
- Provides a full rise for croissants and other rich dough without danger of melting butter
Yogurt:
- Cultures 8 quarts of yogurt in just 2-4 hours
- Unique “High-Low” temperature method is fast, more food safe and makes smooth, thick yogurt
- Largest capacity of any home yogurt maker, up to 8 quarts
Chocolate:
- Slow, risk-free chocolate melting, even for easy-to-scorch white chocolate
- Holds chocolate at ideal working temperature after tempering
- Dramatic chocolate curls are simple to make from a block of chocolate warmed in the Proofer
Creamy (Whole-Wheat) Mac and Cheese
Dana
April 15, 2013 at 2:25 pmI have never made my own bread and this will help make the process easier! I also have never attempted making my own yogurt! Amazing that two different food items can be accomplished by the same machine :) We are new to this whole “real” food thing (it’s been almost 2 months)!! Loving eating healthier and as a bonus feel better and have lost weight!!!
Dana
April 15, 2013 at 2:26 pmFacebook
Kim R. Smarsh
April 15, 2013 at 2:38 pmIt will help me to know what is going into my food and to cook it properly!
Kim R. Smarsh
April 15, 2013 at 2:39 pmfacebook
Erin Moore
April 15, 2013 at 2:39 pmWow! What an amazing product! This product would be great for my family’s gluten free lifestyle! I love the idea of avoiding chemicals, toxins, etc. by making my family’s own homemade items :)
Erin Moore
April 15, 2013 at 2:41 pmFacebook!
Heather Trowbridge
April 15, 2013 at 2:43 pmI would *love* to make my own yogurt in this. I’m just getting started in the whole food lifestyle in the last few weeks. I’m buying raw milk since I can’t handle the regular dairy well. This would be awesome to make my own yogurt and enjoy it again…with some granola!
Liz
April 15, 2013 at 2:49 pmI would love to make my own yogurt!
Natasha Rogers
April 15, 2013 at 3:08 pmThis proofer would put me on the path to being more healthy by making my own bread and even better, yogurt. Deelish!
Natasha Rogers
April 15, 2013 at 3:08 pmFacebook
Joy
April 15, 2013 at 3:13 pmI would LOVE to learn to make my own yogurt, and I think the process would be much less daunting if I had this proofer!
danielle hobbs
April 15, 2013 at 3:18 pmI am on the road to getting my family and myself on only organic, non-gmo food. Because I have 3 children and another on the way, it can get expensive. This tool will help keep the cost down. Thanks!
danielle hobbs
April 15, 2013 at 3:18 pmFacebook
Ashley
April 15, 2013 at 3:20 pmI would love to make my own yogurt!
Meredith Voight
April 15, 2013 at 3:34 pmCan’t wait to make yogurt. Way cheaper than buying and I won’t have to stare at the thermometer all day!
Meredith Voight
April 15, 2013 at 3:34 pmFacebook
Erika
April 15, 2013 at 3:37 pmI have been reading so much about making yogurt and many other items from scratch. I would love to improve the diets of all my family members. I realize just how much processed food we eat each day. I am trying to eliminate the junk and I need a starting point!
Megan South
April 15, 2013 at 3:39 pmFor making yogurt! Guaranteed real food with my flavor choice, yes please!
Erika
April 15, 2013 at 3:40 pmFacebook
Renee Knoeck
April 15, 2013 at 3:46 pmThis looks like a fantastic appliance. I would love to make 8 quarts of yogurt at once. Right now I’m lucky to get 2 qts make a week. We love smoothies. This would also allow me to make some cream cheese and sour cream replacement with the additional amount of yogurt made.
Haley Naegele
April 15, 2013 at 3:57 pmI normally use my breadmaker to get though the ‘rise’ cycle. Would be interesting to try this!
Shannon
April 15, 2013 at 4:13 pmI would love a bread at home option!
Laura V.
April 15, 2013 at 4:25 pmI am lactose intolerant and lactose-free yogurt is not only expensive but hard to find! Also, I am trying to cut back a bit on sugars in my life, so making my own yogurt at home would allow me to make it less sweet then the sugar filled store brought stuff.
Laura V.
April 15, 2013 at 4:25 pmFacebook :)
Karen
April 15, 2013 at 4:33 pmI have always wanted to try to make homemade yogurt. I would love to have this appliance to make yogurt!
dayna
April 15, 2013 at 4:41 pmI’ve always wanted to attempt to make homemade yogurt! This would be a great tool to use in my kitchen!
lindsey
April 15, 2013 at 4:47 pmI would LOVE a yogurt maker to make homemade yogurt — the possibilities are endless! I’d love a Brod & Taylor’s help!
Amanda Beckley
April 15, 2013 at 4:48 pmThis sounds like an amazing product!! I love baking my own bread and would love to try it using the folding proofer! ive never made my own yogurt of chocolate but it sounds like something I might enjoy!! I am working on eating healthier and eating less processed foods and this would really be a great help in my quest!
Amanda Beckley
April 15, 2013 at 4:48 pmFacebook
Amy
April 15, 2013 at 5:05 pmI think I spend $20 a week in yogurt. I would realy like to start making our own.
Loree Elton
April 15, 2013 at 5:08 pmSo many uses in one… what’s not to love? My overcrowded counters would be ever so grateful.
Loree Elton
April 15, 2013 at 5:08 pmfacebook
Joan
April 15, 2013 at 5:11 pmI would really enjoy making my own bread. My son and I share a love for homemade bread and it is so much better than regular store-bought brands. And it would be so much healthier. I would love to win this wonderful product!
Joan
April 15, 2013 at 5:11 pmFacebook!
Tracey
April 15, 2013 at 5:37 pmYogurt is so expensive to buy at the store, and it’s hard to find good organic yogurt without gelatin.
stefanie
April 15, 2013 at 5:42 pmI want to try making greek yogurt! If you keep the temperature at the lowest range for yogurt, it’s sweeter!
heather miller
April 15, 2013 at 5:46 pmI am a mother of a 3 yr old, 2 yr old and a 7 month old. We eat a lot of yogurt and a lot of bread. I try very hard to provide my family with nutritious home cooked meals. We also try hard to do our part by reecycling, composting, gardening ect. I am very busy with the 3 little ones and I would love to be able ro make my own yogurt and bread for them! :)
heather miller
April 15, 2013 at 5:47 pmFacebook
Andrea Francoeur
April 15, 2013 at 6:56 pmMy kids live on yogurt, I’d like to always have it (the good stuff of course) on hand for them.
Nicole
April 15, 2013 at 6:57 pmI would love to start making homemade yogurt….would save a ton of money. This would probably also help solve my never ending struggle with yeast breads :-)
Andrea Francoeur
April 15, 2013 at 6:57 pmFacebook
Abigail
April 15, 2013 at 7:03 pmSo cool! I would love to make some homemade yogurt!
Heather C
April 15, 2013 at 7:13 pmTrying to clean up my eating to fight adrenal disease. Three small kids. Need to make it easier!!!
Heather C
April 15, 2013 at 7:13 pmFacebook
Cathy
April 15, 2013 at 7:26 pmI have tried numerous times to make yogurt for my family and have actually succeeded only 2 or 3 times:( I would love a Brod and Taylor, especially for yogurt making!
Cathy
April 15, 2013 at 7:27 pmFacebook!
Carla
April 15, 2013 at 8:17 pmI love yogurt, and don’t have a lot of grocery store options for quality yogurt without added sugars. I would love to be able to make my own yogurt with the Brod & Taylor!
Rebecca Rowe
April 15, 2013 at 8:32 pmLove! How useful to avoid the additives found in yogurt. My home made yogurt wouldn’t have artificial dyes in it for sure
Deanna Licitra
April 15, 2013 at 9:19 pmI would love this Brod Taylor Folding Proofer as my 5-year-old daughter suffers from many food allergies including dairy and gluten. THis would give me the ability to make fresh dairy-free yogurt and homemade gluten free bread for her! We would LOVE this so much and use it often!
Deanna Licitra
April 15, 2013 at 9:19 pmFacebook
Sarah Sleider
April 15, 2013 at 9:27 pmI would love to make homemade yogurt without all of the extra ingredients! My husband and I go through a ton of yogurt. As a special treat for my students I bring in yogurt and apples for snack at school. They love it! I would totally be able to bring in yogurt and apples more often. I love the way it folds up. This would also be perfect for my kitchen as it lacks a lot of storage.
Sarah Sleider
April 15, 2013 at 9:28 pmFacebook
Sharon Huffman
April 15, 2013 at 9:46 pmI’d love to use this for yogurt making because it is so much larger than my tiny yogurt maker. This would also be awesome for making bread that doesn’t get baked in the bread machine. What a great idea to fold up in to such a small footprint! Great for our recently combined multi-generational household!
Sharon Huffman
April 15, 2013 at 9:50 pmFacebook
Andrea
April 15, 2013 at 10:05 pmFacebook.
Andrea
April 15, 2013 at 10:06 pmI would love to start making yogurt, which is something I have not done!
Julia Buss
April 15, 2013 at 10:25 pmI have been considering making my own bread and yogurt. This would be great to have! It would certainly make it much easier, and I love how it folds up. I have little storage space in my kitchen. Wonderful idea!
Julia Buss
April 15, 2013 at 10:30 pmfacebook
Elizabeth
April 15, 2013 at 10:39 pmI’m excited about making my own yogurt. I can choose the milk I want and not have to waste a plastic container!
Mandy P
April 15, 2013 at 11:10 pmI would love the proofer for making both bread and yogurt. I am making an effort to make as much as my food myself and this would be awesome!
Mandy P
April 15, 2013 at 11:11 pmFacebook:)
Ashley D
April 15, 2013 at 11:26 pmI would love this for my journey of starting to cook real, whole foods. I have wanted to start this for so long and have finally really started having the motivation to make it happen. I have two kids and one with a heart condition that requires we provide him with proper nutrition and exercise throughout his whole life! I’d love anything that can make this process a little easier and it sounds like this product does just that!
Brigett Holmes
April 16, 2013 at 12:06 amAfter being encouraged by a friend who began the GAPS diet, we took a look at our “healthy” diet and realized it had alot of unhealthy, processed foods still in it. So we began the whole foods journey. I have found that I really enjoy homemade yogurt much more than store bought and home-made sour cream is yummy as well. But for some reason I just can’t get the yogurt perfect-so this proofer would really help me save time and money!!
Brigett Holmes
April 16, 2013 at 12:08 amFacebook-If I could afford this right now, I would just buy it! But since I can’t I’m making every effort to win it and improve my yogurt and bread making skills!
Patty White
April 16, 2013 at 12:23 amMy husband and I decided that we were going to do the 100 day challenge. I came across this while reading this blog to help is prepare our kitchen for when we start….so I’m a little late and may have missed the deadline. :(. Anyway, this sounds like a great gadget to have in te kitchen, we’d love to have one. We haven’t always had the healthiest eating habits and we have 2 young girls who we’d like to grow up eating healthier than we did.
Thanks.
Patty White
April 16, 2013 at 12:24 amFacebook
Jenni Hemingway
April 16, 2013 at 9:59 amWithin the last 6-8 months I have began the transition to organic EVERYTHING. As the mother of two small children I dont believe there is any better time than now to teach them the validity of “you are what you eat.” Making our own yogurt would be a process that the kids and I can partake in together. :)