Cayenne Pepper

Ingredients (1 cup)

• 24 ounces cayenne peppers

Directions

1. Clean and dry the cayenne peppers. Wearing gloves, remove the stems and slice in half lengthwise. Remove the seeds if you wish.
2. Set the sliced cayenne peppers onto dehydrator sheets and dehydrate at 135° F (or at your dehydrator's recommended temperature) for 8 hours, or until they are completely dried through.
3. Crush the dried cayenne peppers in a mortar and pestle, or add them to a spice grinder and grind them to a powder.
4. Sift the powder and process the remaining chunks until only a fine powder remains.
5. Store in airtight containers.