Making Cannabis Butter:Discussion.

[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??