Optional step: Clean and sterilize your Instant Pot by adding one cup of water, closing the pot and pushing the sterilize, pressure cook or manual button and setting the timer to 1 minute. Carefully release the pressure and dump out the water.
Place cooking pot into refrigerator to cool off or put a few ice cubes into the pot and then dump out.
To Make Cold Start Yogurt: Add cold milk and 1 Tablespoon of yogurt starter (any yogurt with active cultures to the Instant Pot.
Whisk the milk and yogurt together well.
If sweetening the yogurt, add the sweetened condensed milk or the Natural Bliss now and whisk it in very well.
Push the Yogurt button and then use the +/- buttons and set time to 8 hours. Make sure the Yogurt setting says "Normal."
When Yogurt cycle is finished, remove cooking pot and transfer to refrigerator to chill overnight. Transfer Yogurt to containers and enjoy.
Notes
If you want the yogurt even sweeter, try using this Euro Cuisine Greek Yogurt Maker and strain the yogurt for a few hours.For sweetening the milk, one can of sweetened condensed milk or one bottle of Natural Bliss coffee creamer can be added to the milk and yogurt starter. Make sure to whisk the milk well.Yogurt can be sweetened after it has set up, using sugar, honey, fruit, lemon curd and more.Please only use Fairlife/(Natrel, Canada's version) or other ultra-pasteurized Milk for this recipe.For a more tart yogurt taste, add one or more hours to incubation time.Do not use Raw Milk. Do not use regular Milk, as it contains bacteria and it needs to be heated first.