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Cannabutter Recipe
Every cannabis cook should start with Cannabutter. Besides, you can use it with everything! Cannabutter and jelly sandwiches anyone?
Ingredients:
- 450 grams (about 1 pound) butter
- 25 grams (about 1 ounce) quality buds or hash OR 50 grams (about 2 ounces) ground leaves
Directions:
Slowly melt the butter in a pan. Grind your bud into a fine powder, being careful to sift out any stems. Gently stir the powdered cannabis into the melted butter. The mixture should become a remarkably dark emerald green. If using hash, warm it in a small pan or spoon over low heat (microwaving for 5-10 seconds on half-power also works) until it can be gently crumbled into the melted butter.
Without allowing it to burn (this means no smoke breaks), leave the Cannabutter on low heat for up to a half-our, stirring diligently. Once done, pour the Cannabutter through a fine strainer and into a large jug. Keep in mind, the strained bits can be saved and used to make a drink or other edibles.
The best method for storing the Cannabutter is to place it in several glass jars and to then refrigerate. Once the Cannabutter has hardened, add a touch of water to the jars. This will help it to keep a bit longer.
Additional Ingredients:
You can spice up your Cannabutter in any number of ways, depending on what you’ll be cooking with it primarily. Here are some combinations we’ve enjoyed:
- 1/2 – 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon pesto sauce
- thyme, rosemary, oregano and/or chives
- 1/2 – tablespoon finely grated orange and lemon peel with 1/2 tablespoon of juice
- 1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
- 1/2 tablespoon of strong black coffee (coffee butter)
Comments
20 responses to “Cannabutter Recipe”
I’m curious about the weights you have listed in this recipe – an ounce is 28 grams, if you’ve been buying 25 gram ounces you’ve been missing out! When I make butter I use the ratios of 1 ounce to a pound which works out as 28 grams to 454 grams. Admittedly the extra 4 grams of butter probably doesn’t matter 🙂
Thanks Debbie. We were simply rounding up for the benefit of our readers. I doubt most of them would mind an extra three grams in their cannabutter. 🙂 Sorry for the confusion.
i made brownies once, and i used about a 1/4 for the batch. they were grrrrrrrrrreat. you can use a dime for two people if you make firecrackers, or so i’ve heard.
Um one oz is = to 28.3495231 grams DUAH!
We’re talking about cannabutter, not a drug deal. However, I’m sure you’ll agree, 25 grams is roughly an ounce and we suggest you use anywhere between 25 and 30 grams, depending on how potent you want your cannabutter. Our readers aren’t going to weigh out 28.3 grams or .882 ounces (25 grams) for their cannabutter.
“About” written right before ounce. Why so harsh ??
Just feel the mellow and happy thoughts as you picture yourself eating some good (25,26, or 32 gram ) caramels… cara-Mel’s or car-mels, however you want.
i have alittle over 50 grams of canabutter plan to make cookies or brownies tomorrow my question is.. how much flour etc.. do i need to this ratio
nevermind i figured it out 4/10.. alittle lesss than half
does it matter if you use salted or unsalted butter? the last time i made it, i used unsalted, but was wondering if it mattered.
Never use salted butter .. always unsalted..
Would using coconut butter work also? I’m dairy free so….
Coconut butter will work just fine, should taste great also!
Do you guys know how one can measure the amount of THC per batch? How is this comprised? If im making some candies for my friends for XMAS, id love to put the THC content on it for those that have low tolerance. Any thoughts on how to get the mg measuring of THC out of this? Thanks ya’ll
Just use concentrates you use less and they are 100x stronger
Can anyone help me get my wife painfree.I am told cannabis buns would help she doesn’t,t smoke I do all the cooking and she would not know. Her medication does nothing for her.We are both 82 years old and I can’t bear to see her in pain I live where weed is easily got but I don’t know how to use it
Thanks
PaulDear Paul, I hope things are going okay for you and your wife – perhaps you can try some of the recipes on this site – it’s terrific. And I recommend you always discussing your plans/actions with your wife for her own benefit – I would imagine she would not be averse to any relief to her pain.
can you double the amount of cannabis to make it stronger?
Does the flower to make the butter have to be decarbed first when your going to bake the caramel in the oven?
Make cookies with the cannabutter .32 per cookie weight.
my husband was hit by a car , operation on back failed in a lot of pain
need op on neck and knee.
he was in pain 24/7 you could not imagin.
he takes one cookie 8:00am next 7:00 at night.
The pain is now managable.
Hope this helpsI have a happy magical butter machine that gets a great deal of use.
Im curious if you seperate the milk solids from your butter?
Also do you ever use soy lecithin ? If not it might be worth looking into.
Or atleast mentioning it to your readers. It helps us absorb the thc. It also means you can use less per recipe since the lecithin enhances it.
A tablespoon per cup of butter is what I use. I was using the granuales but found a liquid version that saves time. Otherwise you need an extra 10 mins simmering for it all to disolve.
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