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 Reviewed by darthnader on . Making Cannabis Butter:Discussion. 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: Rating: 5