Alton Brown'S Chili Powder - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 ancho chilies, stemmed, seeded and sliced
3 cascabel chiles, stemmed, seeded and sliced
3 dried arbol chiles, stemmed, seeded and sliced
2 tablespoons whole cumin seeds
2 tablespoons garlic powder
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon smoked paprika

Preparation

Toast the chiles and cumin seeds in a cast iron skillet for a few minutes. Don't let them cook too long and inhale the smoke, because you'll get a nasty chemical burn in lungs, nose and throat.
let the chiles and seeds cool.
place all the ingredients into a blender and blend on the highest speed you blender can dish out.
store in an airtight jar.
be sure to wash you blender carafe a few times after doing this or you fruit smoothy or margarita will taste like chiles.