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Homemade garlic powder.
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How to make garlic powder

Learning how to make garlic powder from fresh garlic is simple. You can preserve garlic using a dehydrator, oven, or even letting it air-dry.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time8 hours
Total Time8 hours 10 minutes
Course: Seasoning
Cuisine: American
Servings: 12
Calories: 0.4kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 Garlic head

Instructions

  • Separate each garlic clove and remove the peels. The cloves of garlic can be lightly crushed to make this easier.
  • Thinly slice each garlic clove with a sharp knife to be ⅛" thick or less and place evenly on dehydrator sheets.
  • Set the food dehydrator to 125 degrees and dehydrate the garlic for 8-12 hours, or until the cloves have dried completely.
  • Place the dehydrated garlic cloves into a coffee grinder and pulse until the garlic has broken down into a fine powder. Place the garlic powder in an airtight spice jar and store in your spice cabinet until needed.

Notes

This recipe can be scaled up to use as many heads of garlic as you have on hand. For best results, I plan on using one head per dehydrator rack so everything doesn't get too crowded. 
Rotate the racks as they dehydrate to ensure the garlic dries evenly.
The garlic is sufficiently dried when it no longer bends and begins to feel stiff and brittle.

Nutrition

Calories: 0.4kcal | Carbohydrates: 0.1g | Protein: 0.02g | Fat: 0.001g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.001g | Sodium: 0.04mg | Potassium: 1mg | Fiber: 0.01g | Sugar: 0.003g | Vitamin A: 0.02IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 0.5mg | Iron: 0.004mg