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Home » Food Hacks » DIY Garlic Powder

DIY Garlic Powder

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October 16, 2018 by Victoria 7 Comments

DIY Garlic Powder is easier than you might think. With a few bulbs of organic garlic, an oven, and a mortar and pestle (or food processor), you'll be seasoning food with this hand-ground spice before you know it!

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DIY Garlic Powder

A few years ago, my husband got me this amazing mortar and pestle for Christmas. I know it makes me sound like a homemaking nerd, but the idea of hand-grinding my own spices has always been very appealing! Plus... it kinda makes me feel like a Harry Potter character mixing potions ;-)

So with my new mortar and pestle in hand, I set out to make some fresh garlic powder!

Interestingly, fresh garlic powder has a much different taste than its store bought counterpart! The taste is much stronger than store bought powder, so when you use it be sparing at first until you know how to season with your new stash!

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Do You Need a Mortar and Pestle?

While I love to get my hands on the action, you don't have to use a mortar and pestle for making your own garlic powder.

If you want to do things a bit quicker, you can use a spice grinder, coffee grinder (used for spices only), or a food processor.

Please note that if you use a food processor, you may not get as fine a texture as you would with a smaller grinding area.

You can combat this by doing more garlic at once, or using a small food processor instead of a large (say 8 cup) processor!

Storing You Homemade Garlic Powder

This garlic powder, if thoroughly dried before grinding (a must) will last until it's gone, if stored properly!

Simply store your homemade garlic powder in an air tight container wherever you store your other spices. That's it!

easy diy garlic powder

DIY Garlic Powder

Homemade Garlic Powder is easier than you might think! With just a few supplies you'll be seasoning food with this hand-ground spice before you know it!
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Course: Condiment
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Garlic Powder
Cook Time: 2 hours
Servings: 4 oz

Ingredients

  • 9 Organic Garlic Bulbs
  • Mortar and Pestle
  • Air tight glass jar

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 175°
  • Peal garlic and chop cloves finely. Place garlic on parchment paper lined baking sheet.
  • Bake until garlic is dry all the way through - about 2 hours.
  • Place dried garlic in mortar bowl about 1 tablespoon at a time.
  • Using a circular stirring motion, grind the garlic until it is a fine powder.
  • Remove finished powder from the bowl and place into an air tight container.
  • Continue grinding 1 tablespoon at a time until all garlic is ground!

Notes

This powder lasts forever, no need to refrigerate.
*It is crucial that the garlic is fully dried before grinding or the powder might mold. If it isn't dry all the way through, you will know it when you start to grind it!
IF USING A GRINDER OR FOOD PROCESSOR:
Add all roasted garlic at the same time and grind until powder fine. You may need to rest the machine if it starts to overheat.
Continue once the machine is cool again.
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  1. Karyl | Karyl's Kulinary Krusade says

    June 22, 2017 at 3:27 pm

    Okay…I had NO CLUE garlic powder was this easy to make! I use it ALL THE TIME. I’m gonna go buy a bunch of garlic and make this!

    Reply
    • Victoria says

      June 23, 2017 at 8:39 pm

      That’s awesome Karyl!! We love ours and I hope you do too!!

      Reply
  2. Jena Leigh | Naughty Kitchen says

    March 13, 2019 at 12:11 pm

    All this time i have been buying garlic powder when i couldve just done this myself! Im totally going to try this! Im just scared that i wont do it right and will mold??

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    • Victoria says

      March 14, 2019 at 11:08 pm

      Hey Jena, good question! As long as the powder is fully dried you shouldn’t have a problem with mold. I made a huge batch of garlic powder for my mother in law about 3 years ago and she’s still using it without issues!

      Reply
  3. Cam says

    March 18, 2019 at 12:14 pm

    Hey there. I’m just a bit confused. You say 175°? Is that celcius or farenheit? And you say chop the garlic… is the diced or sliced. Thanks

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    • Victoria says

      March 18, 2019 at 6:14 pm

      Hi Cam, it’s Fahrenheit :-) And you can just chop, slice, or dice it however you want. I like to get it as small as possible so they drying time is less, but it’s up to you and what you want to do with the finished product!

      Reply
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