Hello the other day I attempted to make cannabutter for the first time. I had followed a basic recipe but just tested out different strategies. The first attempt I made, I boiled my water and added 1/2 cup of butter and boiled until melt and then added 7 grams of a good ganja chopped up as best I could. I used a grinder but the bud was a little moist. After adding the ganja I put the stove on low and simmered it for 2 hours. And then strained out the bud making sure none got in the butter. After seperating the butter was a light green tint and smelled like the bud. I baked brownies yesterday following a betty crocker recipe. They were awesome and had a slight taste of bud. They got me high but not quite what i was expecting. After trying that out I thought maybe i didnt cook on a high enough tempature and not long enough and aslo thought the bud could be busted up a little better.
So last night I busted up another 7 grams(this time it was almost powder), I brought water to a boil added 1/4 cup of butter, 7 grams of nice dry bud. My first attempt once I added the bud I switched to a low temp, this time I left it on a high temp for an hour and then kept it around med for an hour, and then let it simmer for 2.
My result this time, The butter is a way darker green. I will be baking a cake later tonight. Will be eating tommorrow for thanksgiving.
Any thoughts? question? comments? post back

The second attempt, I did in fact get higher then the first. Will be attempting to cook 2-3 hours on high and then 2-3 hours on low. Any comments on this?

This is probably a little off topic but does the bud or stems, leaves, etc. have to be dry to make cannabutter or can it be fresh from a recent harvest?

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Should be dry. When the buds are fresh not all of the thc it contains is active therefore will not get you as high.

I usually make mine in a crockpot and use one stick of butter and one stick of imperial margerine. I add as much bud as I can and make sure it is dry. I usually set mine for about 7 to 8 hours. The more stinkier it is to me the more potent to me, I never use less than 20 to 30 grams per batch. I use mine in popcorn balls and rice crispy treats and brownies. I get bombed for about two days on that and I am a lightweight. I prefer injestion to smoking

Oh that's a good idea!!!! And I love the rice crispy treat idea. I bet it would taste great with some M&M's in them or something like that.

Can you make the cannabutter just with the leaves and branches or do you have to use some bud too? I want to try to keep as many buds as I can from my grow for smoking.

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check out my pot butter thread

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http://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growi...perpetual.html
http://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growi...ml#post3256519
http://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growi...ml#post3267187

or mine, its all love dgk
better butter

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So do you used dried stems and leaves in yours or can it be fresh? Should I only use stems and a couple popcorn buds or can I use leaves too?

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every part of the plant goes in, only butter comes out, lol
not seeds tho

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