excellent tutorial, the pics helped a lot.
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excellent tutorial, the pics helped a lot.
Wonderful!! :thumbsup::thumbsup: A couple of questions. Sorry if you said something already and I missed it.
What's in the bowl in the last pic? Your strained solids? Do you toss that stuff or what do you do with it?
Can I use salted butter? I can't stand the unsalted kind. Will it make a big difference?
I use the metal strainer to grind up my weed instead of a grinder and it ends up in pretty fine powder. Would I be able to use this instead of buds in a grinder?
You are measuring the temp of your crockpot. Do you ever measure the temp of the actual butter with a candy or oil thermometer? Do you know if the temps match.....whether measuring with an oven thermometer is the same as measuring the temp of the butter itself?
Thanks very much MVP. I'll definitely be trying this recipe. ;)
This should be a sticky for sure. Not a whole lot of people will have an extra ounce of killer laying around unless they're growing, but this is a great walkthrough...cannabutter's simple but a tad tricky...I'm not incredibly comfortable cooking with it though, I'm much better at smoking it :stoned: But the narcotic like stone you can get from brownies is much like the intense effect of something such as an oxycontin for me, only I don't throw up and I'm still able to function and think easily..I just don't much feel like doing it if I'm stoned off of space brownies :D..which I would much rather feel like not doing something rather than physically and mentally unable to do it...Pot is great!
That is the used buds I strained out from the butter. Yeah, I toss it there is nothing left after cooking it down.Quote:
Originally Posted by Weedhound
I don't know, but I would guess that the salt would be likely cooked off to some degree. Besides the Cannabis flavor will overpower about anything. If you try with salted butter post back and tell us what you discover.Quote:
Originally Posted by Weedhound
As long as it is ground into a fine powder, like flour, you should be just fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Weedhound
Haven't gotten that detailed yet. I keep temps in the range of 200 F - 225 F according to the oven thermometer and so far the results have been pretty good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Weedhound
You are very welcome my friend. Please post back your experiences and questions so that everyone can learn from the trials and errors... I'll do the same!Quote:
Originally Posted by Weedhound
MVP :stoned:
Awesome post. Any clue on dosages? What do you make with the butter personally? What kinda high do you get?
Hey Clawz, when it comes to cannabutter I usually bake with it - oatmeal cookies w/ dried cranberries, or brownies of some variety - and I try to measure it so I get about .20 - .25 per serving. Although many make spaghetti or a broccoli pasta dish that works.Quote:
Originally Posted by SantaClawz
Often my approach means eating a few cookies or half a brownie. Really depends on how much the recipe can cover up (stand up to) the cannabis taste.
So far with this batch, no baking yet. I'm intereviewing for a new job and will probably have to take a whiz quiz or hair test.... I'll post back when I either sample or have my GF be the labrat for my next batch of cookies :stoned:
Luck in your interview....:)
TO CLARIFY WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY:Quote:
Originally Posted by MVP
When I bake, I target approx .20-.25 (of a gram) per "serving" when using quality buds. The serving might be 2-3 cookies, or a half a brownie, depending on how the final product will taste.
For example, in my brownies I usually have the equivalent of 1/4 oz of buds, which means a serving is about half a piece, since I cut the 8 in x 8 in pan into 16 smaller squares. Each square has approx .44 gram of herb so 1/2 square is a serving.
For my cookies it is different since I use less herb, (usually equivalent of 1/8 oz) therefore 2-3 cookies equals one serving.
As we all know, some folks require more servings than others. Adjust to your specific needs.
Thanks my friend ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Weedhound
I have found that a brownie mix that has peanut butter pieces is really good tasting. The peanut butter pieces add a secondary layer of flavor over top of the already existing brownie flavor masking what flavor of weed is left. Everyone who has eaten them say they can't taste the weed at all and they love the peanut butter.(usually i cook between an 1/8 or a 40 in vegetable oil with a bit of butter for flavor). :stoned:
I really look forward to being able to try out this cannabutter recipe. my past experiences with it haven't been as good as with oil. I especially like the use of the crock pot and thermometer:thumbsup:. Slow cooking that shit at a constant temperature is probably the best way to extract the THC from the weed and keep it in the butter because you have better temperature control.
Myself I add a nice Dark Chocolate frosting on top to help make them more tasty. I have used up to 3/8 oz in this recipe to make kickass brownies that taste good and put you into space. Peanut butter sounds good too if that is what you like - there is no "right way" to make it taste good, just personal preferences.Quote:
Originally Posted by Potcake
Good luck with the Cannabutter recipe, it makes it easier to bake cookies, create a pasta dish, etc with your cannabis...