Jimmy is suggesting making hash oil & then infusing that into some sort of edible oil, butter, coconut, etc, & I believe people do that. From what I've read, butane makes the best hash oil. It would be interesting to split a batch of plant matter in half, make bho with half & straight cannabutter with half, then infuse the bho into the same amount of butter, & compare.

As for your hybrid method - innaresting. How bout this - get your water/butter mixture warm, put the herb in a jar & cover with Everclear, shake for 10 seconds, & dump it all in the butter. Proceed with cannabutter recipe.

It might just make it taste stronger (& probably worse) by extracting even more planty stuff than oil would've alone.

Give it a whirl! Post results!