When I first started cooking I found it hard to find information on exact quantities of marijuana to use when making cannabutter. I also didn't have access to any trim. I had a lot of disappointments, but I finally found a really good recipe that works very well. In my opinion this is the best, most likely to succeed, way to make cannabutter, which can be used to replace regular butter in any recipe.

Ingredients:
1 cup of butter (salted or unsalted, MUST BE BUTTER)
1/8 of weed (you can use low grade and it will work just fine)
Water

Equipment:
1 large pot
1 small pot
Any heat source that will boil water

Method:
Prepare your marijuana by grinding it up. A weed grinder works fine, but to get it really powdery (like flour) use a food processor. Don't be afraid to use the stems. Fill the large pot half way or more with water. Now place the smaller pot inside of the larger pot filled with water. It should be supported comfortably by the water. Turn the burner on high, bring the water to a rapid boil, and place the butter into the empty smaller pot. Once it is all melted, add the weed powder and let it sit for 45min-1 hour. Check every so often to make sure that not too much water has evaporated from the larger pot (it may spill the contents of the smaller pot), and also stir the butter. Once it's finished, strain the butter through a cheese cloth or fine mesh strainer, making sure to squeeze out as much butter as possible. Discard the left over plant material. It is useless and should not be smoked.

Caution:
If you have never done edibles before there is a great chance that you will send yourself off into outer space, and not in a good way. DO NOT eat a large quantity of cannabutter.

Why this works:
THC delta 9 (the chemical compound most responsible for getting you high) can easily evaporate if it's exposed to high heat. You may have tried the method that tells you to boil the water with weed and butter in it, then solidify the butter in the fridge and separate it from the water (or the Crockpot method which is almost guaranteed to produce sub-standard results). This can lead to the evaporation of all of the THC if the heat isn't monitored closely. My method insures that the temperature of the butter stays just below the temperature of boiling water. This allows for the most effective way for the THC to bond to the fat with the least amount of evaporation.

Cheers, and happy baking!

how would the recipe change if you use trimmings?

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Sounds about right to me. I've had one batch using trim and I used about an ounce for a pound of butter. Used about 1/4 of shitty leftover stuff for may last batch (scoregreen - that's the difference. Trim has less THC so you have to use more). Both had about the same strength (make sure you have no place to be for the rest of the night - you'll either be sleepng peacefully are on one terrific ride). I do it a little differently. I grind as you say to a flour consitancy. I use a small $10 crock pot I got from Walgreens. One pound of butter fits nicely. I set it on high to get the crock pot to tempature/melt my butter for about 20 minutes and then turn it to low and let it slowly bubble for 18-24 hours. It reeks but I have my own place and some Ozium spray. Then you strain as you suggested and it's off to the races. I like it with Betty Crocker choc chip cookies mix. They're done in 10 minutes and at that point I get happy feet while I'm waiting.

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I'm not sure. I have never had enough trim (yet) to do it. I would take MostlyCrazy's advice for now.

"If I took all the money I spent on pot . . . I'd buy pot!"

that has to be one of the best quotes...LOL

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I always seem to have more trouble making weed butter then weed oil. I never get as high on the butter as i do using oil. I have tried a few different techniques including using a double boiler.

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i've heard u dont want to boil it just a simmer and that u dont want it extremely hot it could kill the thc ..is that true?? i'll probably try both ways just wondering if u guys heard about that u might wanna try both ways

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I'm interested in doing the oil over the butter,as my recipe calls for oil and not butter... But how does one do that - same concept? Or is there some special trick?

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my friend the oil is much easyer i make oil and then make pills with it


just grind up the weed to dust put in a very small pyrex dish add oil until sturated put in the oven at 295 deg f for 45 min

thats alll it takes the oil u get from that will blow your head off

i usually let it cool then addd a little corn starch to make it all evenly muxed then i pack the mix into pill,

i took 6 last night with my friend he flipped out bad cuz he cant drink and we took to much we had to help him walk home and he lives right next door.

i was ok cuz i had a few shots in me so i was able to ride it out

we each ate about 1 grams worth of nugs in the pills

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I had no success when I made weed oil. I used olive oil. How do you make it?