A Midwesterner's Chili Powder

It's the middle of winter, it's cold, and what works better to warm the stomach than a nice cup of chili? While this may be a refined version of the first spice mixes I conjured up it's too good to keep to myself. Don't just limit it to chili stew mind you, it's good any time you want some added zing in a family meal that you just can't get from store-bought "chili powder".

• Ready In: 5 mins
• Serves: 8
• Yields: 1 Half-cup spice jar

Ingredients

• 2  tablespoons dried ancho chile powder
• 1  tablespoon Hungarian paprika (Szeged Paprika if you can get it)
• 3⁄4 tablespoon ground cayenne pepper
• 3⁄4 tablespoon  ground  guajillo chile pepper
• 1  tablespoon Mexican oregano
• 1⁄3 teaspoon onion powder
• 1⁄2 tablespoon ground cumin
• 1⁄2 tablespoon turmeric
• 1⁄2 tablespoon garlic powder
• 2⁄3 teaspoon ground cloves

Directions

1. Combine all ingredients and grind to a fine powder.
2. Store in glass or plastic spice jar in the fridge for up to 6 months (storing in the fridge, while not critical, helps preserve the true flavor of the chili peppers).
3. Use just as you would in place of store bought chili powder; you won't believe how much of a difference it'll make.
4. Enjoy.