Scaling Recipes?

[ilvalleygal]

I have the "200 Easy Homemade Cheese" recipe book and quite a few of them call for 16 quarts of milk. Is there any rule of thumb for reducing the recipes for 8 quarts? I understand the reason for making the larger batches but I can't get that much milk at one time and I don't have a large enough pot anyway.

[dthelmers]

When I started I was making 2 gallon batches with this book, and I halved all the ingredients with success,
Dave in CT

[ilvalleygal]

Thank you! I can't wait to try something this weekend after I pick up the milk.

[Cheese Head]

Also, if you Search forum on "Scaling Recipes", you'll get several threads on scaling rennet, salt, etc.