Making Cannabis Butter:Discussion.

[BobBong]

nice... that would have to be the most complete recipe i have seen and definetly in laymans terms......now after you boil it and i;ts time to simmer for 12-24 hours would it be fine to put in a slow cooker instead of leaving stove on.

Well, first i wanna say sorry because apparently i can't merge or juggle threads properly today.. (just spent 5 minutes being a dink)
i'm curious what you would mean by a slow cooker.. a crock-pot kind of thing? ... It is possible, i will check and let you know.

I made this 2nd thread to discuss the recipe rather than clutter up the recipe with questions.

Any comments, suggestions or questions about the CannaButter recipe are more than welcome

Bob.:stoned:

[BobBong]

Hey Bob! what about making smaller batches? i don't wanna use an ounce man!!!


Well... you can easily cut recipe quantities in half.. however,doing this does effect how much butter you'll get out of the batch.

Using an ounce of cannabis and 1lb of butter we get approx. 350g's of butter more or less. That's not a lot of butter and if you cook and bake you'll know it's not easy to do it in considerably smaller quantities than what the recipe calls for. It is ideal to make it according to the recipe..and if you wish to have it a bit stronger.. than add more Cannabis.

The idea here is to make a batch of it that you can save and use when you feel like it.. whether it's over the course of a week or 3 months.It WILL be worth your time,money and effort. This much i can assure you. I personally haven't made this yet but i plan to begin it tomorrow and make a video of the key parts..it is a club certified recipe so i don't doubt the quality of the recipe.
Any kind of cook reports would be greatly welcome.. if you make this, let us know how you do :)

Cheers and happy cooking,Bob.

[shoi]

i dunno if it fits in here best but....


wen u are making say brownies can u just use the box stuff? or do u have to make them from scratch? and if u use the box stuff wat do substitute hte canna butter for?

[the yeag]

EH...bob the slow-cooker crock pot thing works good, and is safer and wastes less energy....so thats good EH

[jamstigator]

I always use a crockpot to make canna-oil, set on low, for 7-12 hours. Never tried it with butter though. Me and the woman are happy with brownies, canola is cheaper than butter, and that's what the brownie recipes ask for, sooo...I use oil. Butter is probably more flexible though, for baking a variety of things. If you think an ounce is a lot, you wouldn't even wanna see how much I use to make 48 fluid ounces of oil, which is good for 11 pans of brownies. Lasts for months though. ;)

[roadcam]

I never thought of using my crockpot ... good idea ... :thumbsup:

[BobBong]

I always use a crockpot to make canna-oil, set on low, for 7-12 hours. Never tried it with butter though. Me and the woman are happy with brownies, canola is cheaper than butter, and that's what the brownie recipes ask for, sooo...I use oil. Butter is probably more flexible though, for baking a variety of things. If you think an ounce is a lot, you wouldn't even wanna see how much I use to make 48 fluid ounces of oil, which is good for 11 pans of brownies. Lasts for months though. ;)

Yea, the recipe is for butter.. oil is a similar process but does not need to be done nearly as long.

[Pezzo]

what temps it gotta be on to simmer? same question to simmer milk. thx guys

[Lethal G]

Hey Bob.

I just thought I would say that I tried your cannabis butter recipe yesterday (I followed it very well) and it turned out to be a great success. The cookies I made with it are very potent. The butter I've tried to make in the past was NEVER this good. Thanks bunches for the recipe dude! :thumbsup:

[BobBong]

Hey Bob.

I just thought I would say that I tried your cannabis butter recipe yesterday (I followed it very well) and it turned out to be a great success. The cookies I made with it are very potent. The butter I've tried to make in the past was NEVER this good. Thanks bunches for the recipe dude! :thumbsup:

Our first testimonial! I love it. I'm glad it worked out well for you man :)
I've yet to make the recipe but i am pretty much ready to now (i've saved enough um...material.. to add :stoned: )

Very glad to hear.. did you follow the recipe very closely?
If so, i'm very very happy to hear. :)

Bob

[BobBong]

So rather than do a video just yet.. I've made a batch and taken pictures of what i did..

Check em out in the gallery!

[jazzboy_32]

I'm having a little difficulty here in making my tasty canni-butter. I recently took my trim and ran it through a food processor to grind it into a super-fine flour like Bob's recipe recomends. However, when I try and follow the ratio for butter to trim (about 1oz trim to 1lb butter), I'm finding that my fine-ground leaf matter seems to soak up ALL the available liquid, making me have to dump far more butter and water into the mess to give me a little moisture to simmer. When I drain, filter and press the stuff , I'm finding that the best I can get is about 1/4 cup green butter rendered from nearly 2lb fresh butter placed in the boiling pot!
Is this right? Is anyone else having problems with their leaf soaking up all the goodies and giving back very little or have I ground it too fine for cooking. It seems that I should get back more butter for all that I dump in in the first place.
PS I have the same problem when I do tincture: 2 quart bottles of Bacardi 151 to 1oz of ground trim to get 3/4 cup of Green Dragon. Danm! thats alot of 151 to dump in to start!

[BobBong]

I'm having a little difficulty here in making my tasty canni-butter. I recently took my trim and ran it through a food processor to grind it into a super-fine flour like Bob's recipe recomends. However, when I try and follow the ratio for butter to trim (about 1oz trim to 1lb butter), I'm finding that my fine-ground leaf matter seems to soak up ALL the available liquid, making me have to dump far more butter and water into the mess to give me a little moisture to simmer. When I drain, filter and press the stuff , I'm finding that the best I can get is about 1/4 cup green butter rendered from nearly 2lb fresh butter placed in the boiling pot!
Is this right? Is anyone else having problems with their leaf soaking up all the goodies and giving back very little or have I ground it too fine for cooking. It seems that I should get back more butter for all that I dump in in the first place.
PS I have the same problem when I do tincture: 2 quart bottles of Bacardi 151 to 1oz of ground trim to get 3/4 cup of Green Dragon. Danm! thats alot of 151 to dump in to start!

Sorry for the late reply.

It sounds like your temps are to high. The butter should be kept below a hard boil..more a light simmer than a boil.
If you're having problems with water content, are you covering the pot?

The alcohol would evaporate considerably faster than water, so i'm not sure what the problem with the green dragon would be.

[DeepFriedBrain]

You can get all the THC into your butter within an hour.
Use 1oz of trim to 1oz of butter(clarified ghee)
Drop your ghee and trim into a crock pot with enough water to just cover the leaves.
heat over a charcoal fire for one hour while stirring.
add water as nessesary to stop it drying out.
After one hour
pour the mix into a pot lined with a cheese cloth.
Lift and twist the cloth to remove all the water and butter. Use a couple of wooden spoons to help wring all the moisture out and wear heavy duty rubber gloves as this shit is hot.
Let the contents of the bowl cool.
The butter will set hard on top of the water, remove butter and throw thwater away.

DO NOT DRINK THIS WATER, IT IS TOXIC AND WILL GIVE YOU A BAD BELLY.

Take your butter, squeeze and rinse it under flowing cold water until some of the green has lightened.

You now have potent canna butter that will enhance any recipe.

[joetwitch]

i jus put butter in a micro wave dish then put that in another micro wave dish full of water and sort double boil it that or i use a double boiler

[Non]

so a quarter of an ounce for 1 stick of butter. I'm going to try this out. I don't know what setting I need my stove for.

[Non]

I'll figure it out tho. Is 22-24 hours necessary? can it just be 7-12?

[Non]

also how do you use it on toast, would I have to toast the bread first then spread the butter, and how much would I have to use... and also was wondering if the bud strained from the butter is still useable to be eaten..

[jrs212]

Hi everyone. I made my first batch of butter last week. I took 1 oz. of great weed, into 1 lb of butter. I had a pot of water on the stove, brought it to a rolling boil. Dropped weed in. Brought temp down to simmer. simmered for 2 hours, dropped in lb of butter simmer 2 more hours. Stirring frequently thru all this. After simmer strain and refidgerate. Was a complete success.

[grwsmith]

Hello,
I am a little confused about the amount of cannabis to use. I have made my first batch of CannaButter following BobBong’s recipe. I used just over 1oz/38gof fresh green leaf and stork. I then looked at Bob’s CannaButter photo shoot and saw the size of the bowl with ground cannabis in it and (unless the bowl is thimble size) is a whole lot more than 1oz or Bob’s cooking a ton of butter!!

Questions:
Should I use dried cannabis plant material?
Is it better to use fresh?
Remembering that I am using this for pain control, am I still using too little plant material?
Is it OK to use the stork?

Notes:
I have managed to replace a 5,000mg a day Paracetamol habit with 30g of CannaButter. I am hoping to come off my Diclofenac next.

[The X Man]

Don't get hung up on specifics.... dump a pile of leaf and stock (with a few buds) into a pound or two of butter, add some water to keep the greens covered and stick in a slow cooker for a few hours.....(I'd say 6 minimum and 22 max) Strain it and squeeze the hell out of the cloth (clean dish drying cloth works in a pinch).... it all works.
And Jazzboy... don't use 2 quarts of 151 for green dragon, try 2 ounces with one oz weed. You only need a few drops to do what several shots of yours would do. If you want to make some totally knock down peanut butter cookies add some green dragon into the cannabutter once it's melted.....Couch locked for 20 hours.....

[Tokudai]

Well, here we go - 1st shot at Cannabutter. Tks for the recipe bobbong, can't wait to try it!

Unfortunately I don't have a coffee grinder, so I just busted it up as finely as I could by hand, to get most of the stems and break up the budlets, and then ran my Braun hand mixer through it for a few minutes..I used about 40 grams of sugar trim/popcorn buds, 5 sticks of butter and 2 1/2 cups of water - keeping the same approximate proportions methinks I should be ok, and I upped the bud quantity for better performance and to make up for the non grinding factor..

20ish hours to go!

[Tokudai]

I musta missed the part that mentioned the smell - :( P-U! Glad I live alone!

[Tokudai]

All done - it looks like the pics I've seen, so I think I did it right - we'll find out soon.

[Tokudai]

Mission - Creamy Broccoli Tuna Helper
Substitute - 4TBS cannabutter for 4TBS butter, garnish with little budlet sprig
Result - WOW!

I could taste there was SOMETHING different, but I don't think I could have picked it out. The broccoli flavoring really covered up any weed like tastes, and added/masked the color. Ate about 1/2 a package (1 big bowl - pkg serves 5 HAH!) at 8:15 last night and was soaring by 10:30. Totally spaced out, watching tv, realizing I haven't hit the bong in hours was amazing. Just a puddle in the couch all night, super couchlocked. Went to lie down at midnight and played Nintendo DS for a few hours, still majorly buzzed when I decided to goto sleep at ~ 3ish..Sleep came real easy. Too easy..... I promptly woke up at noon - WAY overslept.

Huge success - this stuff works great! Thanks again for the recipe Bobbong!

[xmordeciax]

All done - it looks like the pics I've seen, so I think I did it right - we'll find out soon.

thats beautiful

[caspr420]

Hey guys, I could use your help again. I was wondering if this (http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/3886/dscf3390nh0.jpg) would be enough bud for 1 stick of butter, or at least enough butter for a batch of brownies. And if it's only enough for brownies, how much butter would I make with that?

To the left are the leaves, and to the right is whats left of the buds, which I would say are pretty dank, but not the best I've ever had.

I just don't want to waste my buds on brownies that will be weak anyway. This being my first time attempting to do anything but smoke buds, I wouldn't know the proportions.

[Mr.Blue]

how much oil will i need if i use one ounce of marijuana?

[AmazinGrace]

i dunno if it fits in here best but....


wen u are making say brownies can u just use the box stuff? or do u have to make them from scratch? and if u use the box stuff wat do substitute hte canna butter for?

When I make brownies, I use betty crocker or something like it. They are just as good to me and a lot less hassel.

[AmazinGrace]

how much oil will i need if i use one ounce of marijuana?

I go here for my oil to butter conversions and vice versa.
Ciao Italia - Olive Oil Conversion Chart (http://ciaoitalia.com/oliveoilconversionchart.html)

[Mr.Blue]

well tonight i put 14 grams of trim into 90 ml of olive oil (recipe called for 60ml) put the oil in the pan let it heat to around 300-330 (hard to get an accurate reading with a small amount) put in the trimmings witch where finally ground. After they simmered for 15 min i strained n made the brownies, ill post back how they where when i eat them.

[el_fantistico]

I've looked at several Bud Butter recipes online and have to say, BobBong's seems the most comprehensive.

The only things I am wondering about are:

1) Pre-cook: many recipes suggest you pre cook your cannabis for five minutes in the oven before adding it to the butter (converts the THCA into THC apparently)

2) Cook Times: 24 hours seems excessive and this seems to be the only recipe I can find that suggests anything more than 2 hours. What happens in that extra 22 hours to make the butter better?

And that's it!! I'll be putting on the chef's cap in a few weeks and will report back.

El Fantistico :smokin:

[Zcomp]

2-1/2 sticks butter clarified
1 ounce reggie(given to me)
Ground with hand herb grinder
12hrs crockpot on low.
strained with cheese cloth.
ended with 3/4 cups solid butter(1-1/2 sticks)

[smokealot123]

stone report on that ? if it's good then im makeing the same but with an oz of good weed.:jointsmile:

idk what gets me about these bubble bag extractions and budder recipes lol im just afraid of wasteing good quality smoke.. but i need the better quality smoke because i smoke so dam much of this.

[Mr.Blue]

Question:

if i am going to use 14grams (1/4oz) should i only use 1/2 a stick of butter? to get the same results?

[mrmuffler]

last time i checked 14 grams is a 1/2 oz......

[Shambala]

I'm making my second batch ever of cannabutter right now. I filled my Crockpot halfway with water then added 4 sticks of butter. Once that melted I added about 11 grams of high grade bud, 4 grams or so of regs and a mason jars worth of seeds and stems(with lots of bits of bud still attached). All of which I ran through my new coffee grinder. I figure I'll let it go for at least 3 hours as that is what I did last time and it turned out phenomenal. Even though I used an ounce of reg bud last time I tried I still think this batch will be a lot more potent. Will post pics and follow up later.:D

[naturelovinpuffer]

I take the clippings from the plants and boil that in water and add the butter then drain it and press out all the oils left in the leaves and such. makes great shit. im talkin green tinted butter.

[Shambala]

How long do you leave the mixture on the heat for?

[naturelovinpuffer]

How long do you leave the mixture on the heat for?


for about 15 min or some med high heat boiling . .

[Zcomp]

Oh my god guy's. Totally forgot this thread. Man that butter was crazy.
Still can't see very well

[Tony1234567890]

OK, I have a small cheap crockpot. I want to make cannabis oil (only because it keeps longer and doesn't need to be fridgerated). What exactly do I have to do to make cannabis oil? I don't want to waste an ounce of weed (no access to trimmings, shwag, shake, etc.)

What heat setting?
How long?
More time = more potency?
Which is the best oil to use? Coconut? Canola?

[howto]

lol, I don't know about all these recipe's I've only ever done it one way. I take what ever Herb I wanna use, usually around 3 8ths, grind it in my coffee grinder, makes it super fine, then I use one stick of butter. I melt the butter in a small pan, then put the powdered herb in, I keep it barely on a simmer, I don't want to boil it so It doesn't burn or have much evaporation. I simmer it for 30 to 40 mins, then I use the entire mis in my ready mix brownies purchased in a box at any store. I make the brownies exactly like the box says, except I add the melted butter. After they're done cooking, it's crazy! Last time it made 8 huge brownies, the ones that are in my thread about calling 911 on myself. One quarter of a brownie was enough to put me totally out of my mind. Anyway, that's all I've ever done. I learned how from reading all the threads. Only difference in what I do, is I never strain the cannabis after it's done, I just mix everything with the brownies. Have a great week end!
Howto

[howto]

also, don't eat too much, it takes me and my friends over an hour before they really kick in, so wait an hour before you eat more, imo

[CaptainKate]

hey, a friends got a load of stalks leftover from growing hydroponics, can we use them to make butter or anything?
thanks!

[woodyboy]

Crockpot on low
add 4 - 6 sticks butter and melt down,
add herb, she used 1/4 oz of high grade Sour Deisel.... ground with Space Case
stir and mix lightly until saturated.

She warned that there would be an uncomfortable odor during the saute of the herb, so be cautious as necessary for your living arrangement.

After 8 hours strain the mixture through one of those wire mesh type strainers, and then again through cheese cloth... or I guess your favorite strain method.

Melt down another 4 - 6 sticks of butter and add back the material for another run through.

Obviously the first run melted down most of the trichomes, but I guess there is a "low octane" version that comes from the second meltdown and strain off.

Thought it was a good idea to have "high" and "low octane" butter... you may be have it with your toast in the morning.

Knowing these guys they probably used the left over material for something but that was not discussed.

I will be test driving this in the next few weeks so I'll update then...

[massivewhite]

i have some canna butter and a brownie mix i want to use but it says 1/3 cup oil how much butter should i put in? 1/3 cup butter?

[QueenCheefer]

first of all...new here..hello fellow burners.

Now..instead of making canabudder and cooking for 24 hours....coudn't I just add the herbal powder to my brownie mix and bake the mix??? Wouldn't that activate the thc???

[QueenCheefer]

Oh dude above me....you sub the oil for budder...no oil!

[grumio]

Last time I made c-butter it was with 1 oz dried fan leaves & 1/2 oz vapo-poo into 1/2 lb clarified butter. I did it (with water) in a small slow cooker for 3 hours. A tablespoon of the stuff will disassemble you.

And pardon me for bragging, but I thought it was kind of funny: first time I tried the stuff, I figured I'd do a tablespoon (had no idea what to expect in terms of potency). I eyeballed it & chopped off what I figured would be a tablespoon. Then I thought, best check & see how accurate my eyeballed measurement is. Got out my scale & weighed what I had cut - .502 oz.

I was off by two thousandths of an ounce.

[theforthdrive]

damn, some of your butter look great. this is an old one i had before i moved. i never even made it half way thru this before having to discard it because of the move! The chunk is see missin is the amount it took to make a full batch of knock down edibles! (tear) and now im too lazy to make more!

[stinkyattic]

Oh shiznit man, that's some sick green butter. Did you make it from trim and 'popcorn'?
That is giving me the munchies just LOOKING at it!

[NaughtyDreadz]

so stinky, would you wash that green butter???

[theforthdrive]

That is giving me the munchies just LOOKING at it!

you and me both. i only used trim! but alot of it. I used the alcohol extraction method. i was a load of work...but paid of in the end!

[mlleyeuxbleus]

Don't get hung up on specifics.... dump a pile of leaf and stock (with a few buds) into a pound or two of butter, add some water to keep the greens covered and stick in a slow cooker for a few hours.....(I'd say 6 minimum and 22 max) Strain it and squeeze the hell out of the cloth (clean dish drying cloth works in a pinch).... it all works.


Been a long time since I was in forum-land, just been working on some cooking lately & trying to figure this all out. :)

Bob, I made cannabutter this week, using your recipe. The only adjustment I made was to cook for 6 hours, since I read in several other places that cooking it more than that causes the THC to get burned off.

I made the butter into red velvet cupcakes, & even 'spiked' the cream cheese frosting (the recipe called for butter). The taste is actually quite good! You can definitely taste the weed, but in a yummy sort of way. Baking is a hobby of mine, so I had some good ideas about flavoring to compliment that, & they worked well.

The problem is that there's NO potency to these things whatsoever. You could eat all 24 cupcakes, & I'm pretty sure not catch the remotest buzz at all. :((

I know we're not to get 'hung up on specifics', but before I waste the other 4 oz I have dedicated for butter, I think I'd actually prefer some specific info. :)

Does anyone know what temp the butter should be kept at while simmering? By temp, I don't just mean "low". I mean, if there is a known temp at which weed loses the THC, what is that temp? I have a candy thermometer to measure the temp of things cooking on stovetop... but a week of googling hasn't turned up what temp I would need to watch for. Please, help!

For the record, I did keep the butter on "low" heat the entire time. It'd just be nice to have a more specific measure of temp. I just wasted an ounce of decent shake & popcorn, & that is just not a happy experience. Thank you to any & all who can help! :)

[urallthatineed]

my grandpa has lung cancer and he can barely eat anything, so much that he is in the hospital right now. he should be out tomorrow and i want to do something to make him feel better. obviously he can't cmoke, but will the butter still make him hungryer?

[FourTwenty4Life]

I think I like stinky's hot wash extraction method the best but I have a question.
If I don't have a cheese cloth can I use a regular paper coffee filter or plastic strainer that I'd use for noodles/mac n cheese??

[FourTwenty4Life]

nevermind...coffee filter was fine, came out great!

[FourTwenty4Life]

The filter worked but need suggestion for if you don't have a cheesecloth. I know my straining can be improved. Any help please?

[FourTwenty4Life]

Found the answer off site. Nevermind.

[p0th3d]

i dunno if it fits in here best but....


wen u are making say brownies can u just use the box stuff? or do u have to make them from scratch? and if u use the box stuff wat do substitute hte canna butter for?

When making brownies from the box all you need to do is add dry ground weed to the mix..no need for canna butter in that

[LdyMarsRN]

When making brownies from the box all you need to do is add dry ground weed to the mix..no need for canna butter in that

Yuck! No really, cannabutter makes better brownies.....I promise. It's worth the time and trouble. Happy cooking! Ldy :hippy:

[mary896]

Howdy,

Glad I found this site! Been making butter for years and recently learned I've been making it at too high temp. So now I've bought a crock pot and plan to make some butter soon. Just had a couple of questions I'm hoping aren't too dumb.
1) I just heard that soaking the leaf in cold water for a while will reduce the organic/green taste in the final product. True?
2) When using the crock pot method, do I need to use water with the leaf and butter? I was planning on just using butter and leaf, but don't want to waste my stuff.

Thanks very much! I've read all the threads multiple times and appreciate having the resource. By the way, 'green' rice krispy treats are the BOMB. Especially with dark chocolate chips sprinkled throughout.
~M

[Italiano715]

Howdy,

Glad I found this site! Been making butter for years and recently learned I've been making it at too high temp. So now I've bought a crock pot and plan to make some butter soon. Just had a couple of questions I'm hoping aren't too dumb.
1) I just heard that soaking the leaf in cold water for a while will reduce the organic/green taste in the final product. True?
2) When using the crock pot method, do I need to use water with the leaf and butter? I was planning on just using butter and leaf, but don't want to waste my stuff.

Thanks very much! I've read all the threads multiple times and appreciate having the resource. By the way, 'green' rice krispy treats are the BOMB. Especially with dark chocolate chips sprinkled throughout.
~M

I think if you but your leaf in the cold water you will end up taking off some of the trichomes kinda like making hash the cold water method. Not sure about the water and butter in the crockpot, but if it usually calls for it I'd go for it. That way you can get the separation (water and butter) once refrigerated.

[mary896]

Thanks for the help! You confirmed what I thought about the cold water rinse. I was correct, hubby was wrong! That's always nice.

[divadoris]

Mission - Creamy Broccoli Tuna Helper
Substitute - 4TBS cannabutter for 4TBS butter, garnish with little budlet sprig
Result - WOW!

I could taste there was SOMETHING different, but I don't think I could have picked it out. The broccoli flavoring really covered up any weed like tastes, and added/masked the color. Ate about 1/2 a package (1 big bowl - pkg serves 5 HAH!) at 8:15 last night and was soaring by 10:30. Totally spaced out, watching tv, realizing I haven't hit the bong in hours was amazing. Just a puddle in the couch all night, super couchlocked. Went to lie down at midnight and played Nintendo DS for a few hours, still majorly buzzed when I decided to goto sleep at ~ 3ish..Sleep came real easy. Too easy..... I promptly woke up at noon - WAY overslept.

Huge success - this stuff works great! Thanks again for the recipe Bobbong!
can you break your recipe down for broccolli and butter I'm a newbie. first post ever would love to stop lung cancer by sitting on the couch like you

[tristan1986]

All i do is put a heap of trim in the bottom of a cut stocking and tie it (new of course!!) then i put the other bottom of the leg around that and tie it, to ensure no rippage :)

Then i added a heap of butter (it was a huge batch!) and brought it to a simmer, added the stuffed stocking. I then let it very lightly bubble and every now and then i used a potato masher to press the butter out of the sack. Turning the ball every say 20 minutes and pressing it, to ensure the butter that soaked in comes out and gets replaced by other butter and that the stocking doesnt burnt or melt.

I did this for probably 5 hours and the stuff is really really potent. These betty crocker choc chip biccies i cook asks for 80g of butter and thats all i use. One of these biscuits really does the job believe me!

[mary896]

Hi again,

Just followed the 'recipe' using the crock pot method. Ran it overnight on low for about 18 hours, checked the temp. after aobut 2-3 hours and it was 182F. It may have jumped up in temp. at some point, or the time was too long. All I know is the butter's got a heavy burned flavor. Butter's DARK green. I made a small batch of rice crispy treats, they're really green and average strength. High's not great, hubby had a hangover this morning. Wasted 10 ounces on the crock pot method, I'm in big trouble with the spousal unit.

Any thoughts on why the crock recipe might not have worked? I didn't even go for the full 24 hours.

:(
Mary896

[MashFan]

Hello, everyone!

I am making cannabutter this weekend for hubby. He has about 4 oz. of grow that wasn't quite up to his "specs"....Hence, he has been avoiding it like the plague.

After reading about butter, I get the impression I could make a KILLER batch for him, but I'm wondering if I need to increase the amount, since he wasn't happy with the smoking version. Is this necessary?

He truly prefers the edible feeling to the smoke, so it will have to be really GOOD-especially since he has been buying the brownies at the dispensary.

Your suggestions would help me in my first attempt at butter.

Thanks! This is a really great and informative forum, for certain!!!:thumbsup:

[mbenz9]

I'm currently grinding the dry veggie very fine, slow cooking it in butter and water . I then squeeze it thru' a potato ricer (a hand held perforated can attached to a plunger) into a kitchen strainer and then into a glass bowl. The veggie left in the ricer after the squeeze I usually throw out. I put the bowl in the freezer and take the dog for a walk for a couple hours. The butter and very fine veggie grindings rise to the top leaving the water and water solubles below.
I separate the butter from the water and the fine grindings from the butter. The butter gets used in any number of recipes and the fine veggies get baked into cookies,brownies etc. where taste can be easily masked.
The problem is in the big squeeze in the ricer. When I weigh the butter after separation it is always less than when I started, so it must be left in the mass remaining in the ricer. I need some kind of wash or something to get the last few grams of butter to separate from the vegetable. I'm pretty sure the THC has left the veggie and entered the butter, Ijust want the butter from the veggie.
Any ideas??

[seesinthedark]

Well... you can easily cut recipe quantities in half.. however,doing this does effect how much butter you'll get out of the batch.

Using an ounce of cannabis and 1lb of butter we get approx. 350g's of butter more or less. That's not a lot of butter and if you cook and bake you'll know it's not easy to do it in considerably smaller quantities than what the recipe calls for. It is ideal to make it according to the recipe..and if you wish to have it a bit stronger.. than add more Cannabis.

The idea here is to make a batch of it that you can save and use when you feel like it.. whether it's over the course of a week or 3 months.It WILL be worth your time,money and effort. This much i can assure you. I personally haven't made this yet but i plan to begin it tomorrow and make a video of the key parts..it is a club certified recipe so i don't doubt the quality of the recipe.
Any kind of cook reports would be greatly welcome.. if you make this, let us know how you do :)

Cheers and happy cooking,Bob.In CALI!! there a cold way to make cannabutter this is so old way!! Were not given out how its made, but just to tell ya the taste is just like butter and it works in cooken better! our temp is never over 100 dgrees F!! and we can also put hash it our butter making it ten or twenty times stronger!!great for cancer patients !! We in cali get a kick out of this, no hating just its so old? way of makings green butter that taste like shit? no way try when we release how to do it, but for now like butta from B.C. its a secret!, but it will be on the so. CALI. market by sept 09! watch for it! Peace and POT! sees.:thumbsup::hippy:

[jebus2029]

In CALI!! there a cold way to make cannabutter this is so old way!! Were not given out how its made, but just to tell ya the taste is just like butter and it works in cooken better! our temp is never over 100 dgrees F!! and we can also put hash it our butter making it ten or twenty times stronger!!great for cancer patients !! We in cali get a kick out of this, no hating just its so old? way of makings green butter that taste like shit? no way try when we release how to do it, but for now like butta from B.C. its a secret!, but it will be on the so. CALI. market by sept 09! watch for it! Peace and POT! sees.:thumbsup::hippy:

Gee, I always thought these forums were for sharing information. Why are you going to brag about this special method without sharing it? Just because it's an old recipe you have to hoard it? Why not share it?? I'm sure there is someone who could try it and improve on the process if you would let it be known.

mbenz9- one way you could help get the last bit out is to put the plant matter in a cheese cloth, dunk in warm water, and squeeze through the potato ricer. Repeat it a few times and then combine the water to your butter/water mix before you cool it. Plus the extra water might suck out some more of the chlorophyll making the butter less green and better tasting.

[BobBong]

This recipe is strictly for informational purposes. There are many ways to extract the THC from your material.

Use the recipe or don't.. simply give feedback if you can.

[papasmoke]

I second that, if you got a good idea, let it be known. We've been making cannabutter since the 80's and sharing the cookies with anyone that wants one. Along with the recipe. It's about community.

[rudy2010]

I have been making cannabutter successfully for about 1 1/2 years. I have a simple process.

Melt 1 lb of butter at low temperature for ever 2 oz of quality trimmings you have available and will fit in the pot. I use the bud trimmings that have the tricomes on them. Just remove the major stems and any foriegn objects like tree leaves or pine needles and throw the trim in the pot. Mix with a spoon. It will look thick like spinach. Turn the temp to high until the first bubbles appear. It will be just a few slow bubbles like a lava pot. Then cover the pot and simmer 8 - 10 hours. I just squeeze small balls of the mixture through a cheese cloth. It does burn because you have to squeeze while it is hot. I just suffer but some kind of gloves would help. Then put the mixture in the fridge or freezer to cool. While that is cooling bring a fair amount of water to boil in the same pot. After the water boils put all the little squeezed balls in the cheese cloth in a culander inside a different bowl and slowly pour the boiling water over the squeezed balls. Then squeeze the whole mess again into the bowl. This part is also painful. Then cool that bowl in the fridge or freezer as well.

I usually measure the butter into one cup portions and freeze it in plastic bags. It comes right out while still frozen.

[ketrin123]

hey thats nice.....how can you call yourself a slow cooker.....can you tell me idoes it adds to ones fattiness.....

[rudy2010]

You can make milk or cream which may be a little less fattening. I also make olive oil but that is fattening too. I use the same basic process for every food product. But I don't boil the milk or cream and just cook it two and one half hours. My first attempt at ice cream was awful but we are adjusting the recipe. In other words adding tons of sugar and more fruit. It is probably pretty fattening too but you just eat a tiny amount.

If anyone knows how to make chronic hard candy please post the recipe. I wonder how they get the canna in the clear suckers. There are no fat containing items in the recipes I can find.

[BobBong]

Hey folks, i was able to confirm with another source that CBN's and CBD's don't become fully active until heated for about 24 hours when making butter.

So,

Cook the butter longer for a heavier effect.

[WashougalWonder]

How 'official' was the study to confirm that? Most curious if any REAL studies have been done to prove, not just educated opinions. (Please do not feel that I am being critical. The scientific side of me requires this.)
WaWo

[rudy2010]

I have been cooking my butter for 8 to 10 hours and the results have been very satisfactory. I use 2 oz of good trim for each lb of butter. The butter has been very successful but the cream has been awful. It was so bad it made the ice cream almost inedible. It is totally chronic though. Adding more sugar and berries could still not kill the taste. Anyway the butter is easy. Just melt the butter and add the trim bring to a simmer then cover turn down to the lowest setting for 8 to 10 hours. Strain with cheese cloth.

[BlackSands]

Hey guys, word to the wise. Try out Coconut Oil. It is a special kind of fat that your body burns differently than vegetable oil or butter.

YES! Crock pots are the way to go. However a double boiling kind of situation works well too.

And YES! keep that stuff steeping on a low heat as long as possible. I'll try to remember to take pics next time I make butter, but the stuff is usually so dark green it looks BLACK!

Freeze your trimmings before you grind 'em up, too.

[ShittyJon]

Hey guys does it matter if you use salted or unsalted butter for your sweet delicious canabutter? :thumbsup:

[amrcnbut]

a complete success i only simmered it for 3 1/2 hours it's great.next time i'll simmer it much longer i doubt if it could get any better. thanks for the receipe
salted or unsalted doesn't matter

[rudy2010]

Yeah, Making butter is really easy and rewarding if you use my method. My friend had this wierd kind of rubbery looking pot holder that has proven to be superior for squeezing the butter/trim mix while it is still hot. It is actually non painful and you can get most of the canna butter off it easily.

I am interested to see if somebody has confirmed Bobo's statements about CBN,s and CBD's. I assume these are types of cannabanoids. I believe I could cook my butter for 24 hours without seeing any negative effects. I have already cooked butter for more than 10 hours and it was very effective. However to be honest all my attempts at butter have resulted in a very chronic product. Let me know if anyone can confirm this 24 hour claim.

There is a lot of difference between the 2 hours some folks claim is adequate and 24 hours. I still cook my butter 8-10 hours. I have been making killer cookies for two years so I am hesitant to change. One cookie and you are pretty much guaranteed peaceful sleep whether you want it or not!

The medible I have failed miserably on is the ice cream. It was totally chronic but was almost impossible to eat. I had to put jelly on the ice cream and add regular store bought ice cream to try to kill the taste. Anyone able to make tasty cream and thus makes delicious chronic ice cream.:420thought:

[Yourloginsucksa]

I love making cannabutter,and have been successful with just simmering it in a double-boiler for a few hours. But this is the firs time I have seen any mention of over heating? or heating for too long? damaging the potency of the final product. Please if someone knows about how this works, what temp to avoid/how long not to heat/simple explanation of breakdown of THC, or however it works, the information would be very useful.

[rudy2010]

From all the information I can gather it appears that you don't want to go above 300 degrees F. Going above this temperature will vaporize the canabinoids. They have a term for it. If I come across it I will update this thread. I cook my cookies at 300 degrees for about 23 minutes instead of 350 or 375 for 10 minutes as the directions call for. I have to adjust the time to get the cookies to come out right.

However ;) I had been cooking my cookies at the recommended temp of 350 for 10 minutes and they were totally chronic. I can't really tell if the cookies cooked at the lower temperature are more chronic but I use the lower temp just in case.

When I make my butter I slowly melt the butter at low temp then add 2 oz of quality shake per pound of butter (salted or unsalted - no matter). I mix it all together then heat until I see just one or two lava pot type bubbles. Then I immediately turn it down to the lowest simmer on my smallest burner on my gas stove. I cover and simmer for 8 - 10 hours. Then I strain while hot through cheese cloth. I am pretty sure is does not get much above 300 degrees if that. The temp at simmer is probably less than 200 degrees because I can squeeze the butter as soon as I turn off the heat. It does burn but not that bad and the butter really makes your hands smooth after.

[Yourloginsucksa]

Thanks a bunch Rudy

[rudy2010]

Enjoy your butter. I usually make oatmeal or snickerdoodle cookies since they seem to taste the best. Chocolate chips are good but you can taste the butter more.
:smokin:

[darthnader]

Holy crap, this is a great recipe. I needed something like this, as I went to a concert and almost had my vaporizer (i-inhale/i-olite) confiscated at the security pat down. Lesson learned... Or what if you get slammed into and drop your $200 vape? Ouch!

I never really got off on eating herbs, and it turns out I had been misdirected. Someone gave me a book on herbal cooking, and the butter recipe said to just simmer the butter and herb. The problem with that is it is easy to overcook. The addition of water insures that you will not overcook it.

Also, when my friends have made cookies, they make them out of crap -- leaves, stems, trimmings. Crap in, crap out. Don't be cheap! Use quality ingredients and you will get amazing results.

One improvement I can offer -- put the cheese-cloth wad in a potato ricer and squeeze it -- you will get every last drop. Potato ricers also make better mashed potatos.

I made the butter using 4g of quality, dried, uh, peppermint and I made 4 cookies out of this. Wow. Too strong. I should have made 6 cookies out of this. Maybe 8. It was touch & go for a few hours, and the effect lasted for 12 hours (probably longer, but it made me very tired and I had to sleep and I woke up in the same state and have been out of it all day, but in a great way!). I'm glad I tested it before I went to my concert this weekend... And this was just peppermint! ;)

This is the best recipe. Forget all that double boiler nonsense, and definitely forgettabout putting it in pure butter.

I'm pretty stoked. In 20 years of enjoying peppermint, I have never really had much success with eating it. Last night, it knocked my socks off.

I agree 100% -- use quality ingredients. Don't use stems, leaves, or duff. Remember -- you need to squeeze the butter out of all that vegetable mass, so the more crap you put in, the more will absorb butter, and no matter how hard you squeeze, you're not gonna get much out of it.

If you use quality ingredients and do it right, you will do well. If you have quality herb, use 0.5g to 0.7g per cookie. I used 1g, and it was TOO MUCH. I cannot go to a concert in that condition, even if it is just peppermint. ;) I would have had to bail and hang out at the park and take a cab home. For real, yo.

I'm gonna try half a cookie tonight, and see if that's enough. If so, I'll go with .5 per cookie. This worked so well, I ordered a more accurate scale and a better grinder (I used a space case, but with very dry herb -- one should dry the herb for a few days before grinding it, and even with a space case, it will get powdery. That said, a coffee grinder works much better! I donated mine when I quit coffee 7 years ago...)

I gotta say, this recipe ROCKS and it really changed my mind about eating herbs. If you do it right, you will get your money's worth -- it's better than letting it go up in smoke, and the discrete nature is really awesome! That said, it is not as efficient or good as vaporizing. But I would say it is second to vaporizing, and way way way better than smoking. Herbs are much better when you don't have a carbon monoxide buzz, and quite honestly, pipes and cigarettes taste like crap after a few puffs.

Just don't be cheap. The reason why I never dug eating it, is because my friends always use their leftovers and trimmings. Don't do that. If you use quality ingredients, you will get quality results. Otherwise, I think you're just wasting your time and making some cookies that just taste bad!

I also find the store-bought mixes (I like Krusteaz Chocolate Chunk) are the best! The extra ingredients will make nice, uniform cookies that don't crumble into a million pieces. Nothing worse than eating out cookie crums from saran wrap. Trust me -- don't eat out anything with saran wrap! :thumbsup:

I also do not bake much at all... I still had the same flour and baking powder from 6 years ago, and it was expired. The boxed mixes are a better way to go if you are not that into baking.

[darthnader]

Hey guys does it matter if you use salted or unsalted butter for your sweet delicious canabutter? :thumbsup:

Use unsalted butter. The salt seems to prevent the butter from rising to the top and congealing in the fridge. I was lucky enough to read that in a post, so I went out and got unsalted butter. In general, salted butter will last longer, and I don't eat that much butter, so I go for salted...

But yeah USE UNSALTED BUTTER!!!

Jeeze, I love this recipe. Bob, you are my hero!!! Methods like this make a difference in people's lives. This (along with vapors) will help improve my lung health -- I can really have my cake and eat it too... And isn't that the point? I mean, otherwise, you're just buying a cake and looking at it. Isn't that stoopid?

[darthnader]

Enjoy your butter. I usually make oatmeal or snickerdoodle cookies since they seem to taste the best. Chocolate chips are good but you can taste the butter more.
:smokin:

One concern I have about oatmeal (I could be wrong) is that oatmeal is "healthy" because it absorbs fat. It is a soluble fiber. So I would assume it would be harder to digest the fat in an oatmeal cookie, which is why oatmeal is so healthy. That's why I eat a bowl of oatmeal with my bacon. I'm sure you would enjoy it, but it probably isn't optimal.

Check out the mixes -- Krusteaz has a few like Chocolate Chunk and Sugar Cookie that are ideal. Peanut Butter is my favorite, but it uses oil instead of butter, due to the solidity of peanut butter. Not sure how good it would come out if you used butter instead of oil. I'm sure you can do this same recipe with oil, but I think it's harder to extract the finished product. Some claim oil is better because it has more fat that butter. Whatever... I'll go with what works, and this WORKS!!!

[420Somehow]

has anyone used a double boiler, or would it take to long. how about a pressure cooker to make butter/oil?

[darthnader]

Good point. I followed the directions and baked at 375, but I have a convection oven, so it automatically adjusted it to 350. I'll do 325 and add a few minutes. That said, the cookies I made are totally sick!!! But what you said makes complete sense to me, and I'll try it next time. Maybe I'll make even sicker cookies. Shudder to think!

Kids -- make sure to try your cookies at home before you bugger off to some concert. I'm glad I did this. I would have BUGGED OUT! :eek:

Trying half a cookie tonight... Also, make sure you have an empty stomach -- at least 2 but preferably 4 hours after you last meal is when you want to eat your cookies or croissants or whatever.

I also read about some people make huge bowls of pasta and put the butter on top. Not the most efficient thing. Something small and rich, like a cookie, will be best. In fact, eating the butter straight would be best, but it's not always practical and doesn't travel well.

[darthnader]

Hey guys, word to the wise. Try out Coconut Oil. It is a special kind of fat that your body burns differently than vegetable oil or butter.

YES! Crock pots are the way to go. However a double boiling kind of situation works well too.

And YES! keep that stuff steeping on a low heat as long as possible. I'll try to remember to take pics next time I make butter, but the stuff is usually so dark green it looks BLACK!

Freeze your trimmings before you grind 'em up, too.

Coconut oil is great! It is a medium chain fatty acid, so it actually speeds up your fat metabolism. It also is hard under 70 degrees, and turns liquid over 70 degrees (so it won't clog you arteries, but if you make a cookie, it should stay firm and solid).

But, man, you have to be eating a lot of this stuff to get fat from it. I'm more concerned with the carbs than a few teaspoons of butter. If you make the butter strong enough, you shouldn't need to eat a lot. I had 1 large cookie yesterday afternoon, and I was flat out fucked for 12 hours. It was actually unpleasant at points!

[darthnader]

I have been cooking my butter for 8 to 10 hours and the results have been very satisfactory. I use 2 oz of good trim for each lb of butter. The butter has been very successful but the cream has been awful. It was so bad it made the ice cream almost inedible. It is totally chronic though. Adding more sugar and berries could still not kill the taste. Anyway the butter is easy. Just melt the butter and add the trim bring to a simmer then cover turn down to the lowest setting for 8 to 10 hours. Strain with cheese cloth.

You're forgetting the most critical thing here -- the water!!! Don't forget the water. It keeps the butter from going over 212 F. The first time I made cookies, I used good ingredients, and they didn't do shit... Why? I just put butter and herbs in the pot, and as careful as I was, butter "boils" at some 350-400 degrees, so it completely ruined the herb.

The genius of this method is that it will never ever overcook the herb.

That, and someone else mentioned that whatever you bake should be < 300F. Word! I will do that next time, but the cookies I made yesterday are so sick, it almost scares me that they could be sicker.

Speaking of which, does anyone notice flatulence? I mean, I do tend to fart, but I am farting like crazy today. I wonder if this is a GI side effect, or it could be something I ate yesterday. Yeah, around 7-10PM, I pigged out. I had the worst case of munchies -- it was like when I was a teenager.

Jeeze Bob -- I can't thank you enough for this wonderful recipe and the other great ideas I read here!

[darthnader]

has anyone used a double boiler, or would it take to long. how about a pressure cooker to make butter/oil?

About half of the recipes I see use a double boiler (search Google), and that will do what you need -- prevent the butter from overcooking. However, if you are going to do it the right way -- simmer it for 22-24 hours, you don't want your butter just sittin' around uncovered on top of a double boiler.

Most of these recipes are for 2-3 hours. For me, it's hard to say whether 2-3 hours is good enough. The old recipes I used that claimed this didn't produce good results, but they also had me putting the herb directly in butter, without water to keep the temp at 212 F. A mixture of butter and water won't get over 212, so that's why they add the water. Once you put it in the fridge, the butter solidifies and you just pop it right off.

That said, I think the recipe that is the subject of this thread is the best way to go. Trust me -- if you mix the butter and water and simmer it, it will be very good. Just cover it and let it go low and slow for 22 hours.

Also, use quality ingredients. I have never ever gotten off on the cookies my friends have made with their enormous amounts of trimmings. I used to think eating it was just a hoax -- maybe you get a mild buzz. That's all I ever got until I followed these directions. Now I make scary-ass cookies.

Jeeze, even the half cookie I ate 40 minutes ago is starting to hit me! Have mercy! That makes the economy of this even more impressive. It is actually cheaper than smoking and better for your health.

I'm telling you -- if you use quality ingredients and follow this recipe, you will get your money's worth and more. Eating herbs is extremely efficient -- actually more so than vaporizing, but vaping has an immediate onset. Eating herbs is best on an empty stomach, so you have to plan it out. I know some fat people that are constantly eating, so it would never work for them.

That said, vapes are the best. If you can't take it with you and need to be sly, cookies are the next best thing.

[darthnader]

One idea -- if you are set on not adding water to the butter or oil (I guess with oil it makes sense -- it will be harder to extract from water, but you can probably do it in the freezer):

Use a candy thermometer. You can get one at most supermarkets for $4, and they clip on to the side of a pot. Then you can keep your oil < 300 F.

Keep in mind -- if you are using straight butter or oil and use "simmering" (small bubbles) as an indicator, that's too hot. Oils tend to bubble at > 400 F.

I just think the recipe posted here is as good as it gets. You have guaranteed results with this method, so long as you use good ingredients.

Good God -- even 1/2 a cookie is starting to hit me hard right now, and the peak is about 30 minutes away (usually peak is 90 minutes after eating, and tends to last 2 hours). And I'm just using peppermint!

[letstalkPrimo]

I happen to have made a video on the subject. Check it out. I'd post it here if I could. It's at Let's Talk About Pot and Cannabis and Medical Marijuana (http://www.letstalkaboutpot.com) in the Video Archive section.

Primo

[rudy2010]

[quote=darthnader]You're forgetting the most critical thing here -- the water!!! Don't forget the water. It keeps the butter from going over 212 F. The first time I made cookies, I used good ingredients, and they didn't do shit... Why? I just put butter and herbs in the pot, and as careful as I was, butter "boils" at some 350-400 degrees, so it completely ruined the herb.

Darth - information is always good. You have a great point. My stove has a really really low low setting. The cookies, candy and other items I make with my butter are incredibly stronger than anything I can purchase at any dispensary I have been to. They may be making as strong of butter but they have to be using less in their recipes or something. When I make cookies one cookie will rock your socks or put you to sleep if it is in the evening in 40 to 75 minutes. Some folks claim to feel it in 20 minutes.

I have purchased brownies and lemon bars that the folks swear are good for 2or more highs but I eat the whole thing and it is not near as strong as one of my cookies.

For me I just find the water leaves a black goo at the end of the process. If I use just butter there is still a little black goo but not near as much.:smokin:

[zebu111]

:rastasmoke:

[Nancy007]

For the first time ever, I had edibles this past weekend. Oh! My! God!

A friend made chocolate chip cookies, gave me 5 cookies and told me to only eat one ( save the rest for later). I ate one cookie Friday night and felt nothing after about 2 hours, so I went to bed. Apparently I got the munchies about 2am and grabbed 2 more cookies, and went back to bed. Oops! I woke up Saturday morning about 7am, and I could not get out of bed! I soooo stoned. I didn't sober up until about 2pm Saturday. I've NEVER been that high, nor have I ever experienced a high like that....and I think I never want to try edibles again, lol.

[stressmom]

Yeah, Nancy, you gotta be super careful about that delayed onset catch. I accidentally got stoned for a week one night. It pretty well put me off the idea too. So I have a couple pounds of scary butter here up for grabs... if anyone can give me a protocol for emailing it, they can have it.:)

[Lanietheberner]

Is there a quick and easy way to determine the Cannabinoid / THC levels of the butter?

We're looking at the manufacturing of Chocolate Truffle's and we need to control the amount of "goodness" that's locked into every piece.:thumbsup:

[rudy2010]

No. Sorry. Just determining the amount of THC in weed is difficult. Only a couple of labs on the West coast do this. You have to give a couple of grams and pay over $100 from what I have heard.

[stormin94]

Can you use salted butter? Please explain why not if you can't.

[stormin94]

Also, is it ok to keep the butter at around 185 degrees, while simmering?

[rudy2010]

The answers are yes and yes.

As long as you keep the temp below 275-300 degrees the cannabis will be OK. The salt is not an issue. By the time you strain and cool the butter there is little salt left. I just use whatever I can get the cheapest at Grocery Outlet or Cash and Cary.
:smokin:

[JOHNNYBLAZE36]

is there a easier alternative method to making cannabutter, off only like a half a cup of some leftover vaped weed? can somebody point me to a recipe

i want to just simply give this a try, a friend said he had a slice of toast with some cannabutter and it had him messed up so looking to try it out but like the stickied recipe im not looking to use a oz and pound of butter or whatever it is lol

[DrWalter]

is there a easier alternative method to making cannabutter, off only like a half a cup of some leftover vaped weed? can somebody point me to a recipe

i want to just simply give this a try, a friend said he had a slice of toast with some cannabutter and it had him messed up so looking to try it out but like the stickied recipe im not looking to use a oz and pound of butter or whatever it is lol

nah once you vape the weed the THC is gone

[iraboi]

BobBong,

And everyone else who has posted useful info on these forums, Thank You!

I use anywhere between 7-15 grams of marijuana per stick of butter. Yes, I make single stick batches. If the marijuana is good, 7 grams is used. If the marijuana is of poor quality, I use more.

Double boilers and Crock pots, if you have them and it is working, great, keep using them.

I have a stovetop that has a warmer pad. On the "low" setting it keeps my butter/herb/water mixture at a nice 170-180 degrees. This temp works very well for me. Most vaporizers on the market operate at around 374 degrees. So with this knowledge, keep your temps lower than this. When baking, I usually set the oven to 280 degrees and adjust my time accordingly. My brownies will bake in the oven for about and hour to and hour and fifteen minutes. Oven temperatures have been known to vary up to 50 degrees in either direction, so be safe and go low.

20-24 hours really makes a huge difference in the quality of your end product. The conversion of THC into the CBN's/CBD's really comes out. Having that heavier more pronounced high is extremely effective in relieving muscle and joint pains as well as a variety of other ailments that follow along with Auto Immune Disorders.

Portion size requires you to be safe and experiment to your needs and likes. The brownies (any store/brand/box/bag, I like the ones with the Hershey syrup packs) that I make, requires a piece about the size of your thumb (I use an 8x8 pan and yield about 36 pieces). This portion is great for daily consumption. If my pains are worse than normal I double it, but usually end up staying in the house laughing at various dust bunnies and trying to maintain some form of coherent thought.

Filtering should be an extra step to Bobâ??s recipe. This is as simple as placing your finished butter back into fresh water and melting. For example:

Heat 2-3 cups of water and bring to a boil.
Remove water from burner.
Add solid cannabutter and allow to melt.
Return pan to â??lowâ?� setting burner.
Stir frequently over the next half hour.
Place pan in fridge to solidify.
Repeat as desired with fresh water.

I have rinsed up to 3 times and found no use to go a fourth. This process has reduced the â??green/chlorophyllâ?� flavor considerably and it also lightens the color of the cannabutter. This really does work, either that, or I am just used to it that I never notice it. Try it and see for yourself.

As always, be safe, be smart and enjoy this amazing plant.

*All experiments above have been performed by me and are intended for the use and consumption of Marijuana in all forms of goodness.

[rudy2010]

Wow you make a single cube. I just made a 7 lb batch of canna butter. I did the 22 hour cook and it really is killer. It is really green and strong smelling. I used over a pound of quality trimmings that containd about 25% booger buds (too small to bother trimming) that would be smaller than a dime. If they are that small I toss them in the butter shake.

I need to try the water cleaning someday. My butter is very green and strong smelling. I made bonbons and you usually can't taste the cannabutter but with this new 22 hr batch I just made you can really taste the cannabutter.

Anyway I need to remake a batch of snickerdoodles so I can sleep like a rock.:stoned:

[k8kanna]

I made a batch of cannabutter that was a very potent, long-lasting high that one can't get from smoking. Kudos for the recipe. I will definitely make more when I can. It's amazing how wonderful the world of medibles truly are now that I am enlightened to the process.

[rudy2010]

For sure. People who buy medibles in clubs say my medibles would be rated 8X to 12X at any collective. I am almost always dissapointed in the medibles I purchase at collectives but never dissapointed in the ones I make.

[CaptainBismark]

I made butter last night and it was an utter success! I used about three quarters of a pound of white rhino trimmings with some buds and a pound and a half of butter. It came out to be about a pound and a quarter of butter. I made cookie brownie bars and they were simply fantastic!! Couch locked for 12 hours. I ate a 1/4 of the size of a brownie I ate last night at 11am and I am still feeling it!!! Thank you guys for all your help in this thread, happy adventures! :thumbsup:
-Captain B

[rudy2010]

I usually use 1 lb for each 2 oz of good shake and buds. A pound of weed should have been pretty thick with just 1 1/2 lb of butter. Did you add water too. My mix is pretty thick as it is.

[CaptainBismark]

Oh yeah a lot of water is necessary then it is just a matter of sifting. Using a cheese cloth is best with that much. After i got all the herb aside the butter water mixture i used another bowl to squeeze the liquid from the herb and that bowl produced more butter than the other because of all the water--- very potent very fantastic. I am sitting on the roof watching the lunar eclipse with a brownie in my tummie and spacing like crazy *tehee*. Good day,
-Captain B

[rudy2010]

Last night my niece made minature pear pies with crumb topping using chronic butter in the crust and topping. Normally I make about 50 to 60 cookies with a cup of butter and they are really rockin. But the pies had 2 cups of canna butter in just 21 mini pies. I ate one and was still high this morning. I need to cut the rest in half at least.:stoned:

[CaptainBismark]

i would love the recipe for the pies if you could get it to me ^_^

[rudy2010]

Roll out the dough and make little pie bottoms (used a large cup to cut the circles) then place in a greased (Pam) cupcake pan. Add filling to each cup. Cover top with crumb topping. Bake 300 degrees 45-50 minutes. Let cool then enjoy. Sorry some of the directions are not that specific. My niece is a good cook and can create recipes on the fly.

Pie dough
4 C flour
1 3/4 C butter
Tbsp sugar
Tbsp salt
1/2 C water
1 egg

Filling
Canned pears (two large cans) w/cinnamon flour and sugar added. Was not measured.

Crumb Topping (also not measured)
butter (about 1/2 C)
oats
flour
brown
sugar
cinamon
walnuts

[CaptainBismark]

Thank you very much!!!!! The sound so delicious! Merry Christmas everyone!

[ipreferjoints]

I have a couple of questions about this butter.
It was made with Shiva Shanti. After eating it, a mild headache occurred and stomach became nauseous. Neither lasted long but it seems every time it was consumed the same symptoms occur. The Shiva was not fresh, it had been frozen in vaccum sealed jars for almost a year (Shiva is not my favorite, it was kept for cooking).
What would cause these symptoms?

The other questions: Can keif be added to the plant material when making butter? Can butter be made with just keif? If so, how much?

[kente46]

Hey folks, i was able to confirm with another source that CBN's and CBD's don't become fully active until heated for about 24 hours when making butter.

So,

Cook the butter longer for a heavier effect.

Is this true? The recipe on the site calls for 22-24 hours of simmering. Should I go more than this?

Thanks.

[rudy2010]

If you read the entire sticky Bobbong seems to believe 22 - 24 hours is optimum. He indicated that more than 24 hr might be bad. I did the 22 - 23 hour cook and the butter was awesome. I still have 1 lb left.

[tim4960]

Hey fellow chefs, I just got done making my awsome White Widow Budda. I have made this budda for yrs and it never seems to stop amazing me. I use an oz of trim and a 1/4 oz of popcorn buds. I add 4 cups boiling water into a crock pot then add a lb of unsalted butter. After the butter is melted I add my Widow and simmer for 8 hrs. I then strain threw new cheese cloth making sure to squeeze all the budda out. I then restrain the budda again threw new cheeseecloth, this seems to really almost fix the plant taste you get at times. I then place in the fridge for at least 12 hrs. After it becomes firm I cut a hole to let what water is left out.freeze what I dont want to use and make brownies with the rest.I also use dbl fudge brownie mix because I belive it helps the thc stick easier, who knows for sure. As far as the thc being released from the protection cell, thats more for tinticure oils and the like baking it wont hurt or damage the thc at all. Well all this talk about brownies has me in the bakeing mood lol. Happy cooking and always grow happy.

[rcpilot04401]

when ever I tried to make some butter it tasted like shit...but I guess I did it right after all, I thought it would come back looking as yellow as the butter was to begin with....thanks for the information on cooking it for 24 hours...I only boiled it for a couple of minutes and thought all the THC was out of it, so wonder I never got off on it...I should probably read more and jump to conclusions less..

[MightyBlaze]

does the butter help?

[Miss.smokealot]

If you want to make a smaller batch for say, one pan of brownies, I would put about 1/2 cup (or one large stick) and about 2-3 tablespoons of butter. One thing you'll find when using the crockpot is that the butter evaporates, and you end up with quite a bit less than what you had originally put in there (one time I went back an had about 1/2 cup less after cooking for 16 hours). After you put the butter in the crockpot, add about 1/8 worth of your bud. If you want the butter to only be slightly potent, don't add any more. I like eating small amounts of edibles though, so i try to make them pretty potent. I usually add about 5.25 g, or 1/8 and then 1/16 (about a 30 sack, sometimes a little more). Also, with the crockpot, if you are only cooking a small amount, you do not need to leave it in the crockpot over night. This could very possibly lead to you burning the butter. If you are cooking a small amount of butter (anything under 2 cups) then keep the crockpot heat setting on LOW, and instead of cooking it over night, begin it in the daytime and give it about 4-8 hours. If the butter is not a nice green color and smells like dank, leave it in longer. Make sure the butter isn't burning though, because this would be a HUGE waste of money! After your butter is all done, it should take 2-3 tablespoons to get you baked. If you don't plan on cooking brownies with it or something like that, you can easily substitute butter on toast on pancakes with your canna butter. A personal favorite of mine is chicken Alfredo with canna butter :) it's really great!