first time making cannabutter

hungryman1986

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ok so i have decided that i am going to venture into cannabutter. a little about me i have made brownies with buds, i have made pills, hash, spaghetti, butane hash, and a few more

anyway let me get to the point i plan on making this in a few hours but i have a few questions first.

i have read many recipes and some say to use just butter and others say use butter and water.

this one sounded the best to me
https://www.rollitup.org/cooking-cannabis/287287-hotsxyman911s-guide-making-cannabutter.html

but my first question is have any of you done it both ways....is one better than the other?

also i will be using stems and some shake for this. i have almost 3 ounces of stems and not too much but a little bit of shake.

now should i grind these stems all the way to a powder or do i just grind them for a few seconds in the coffee grinder? i have read to do it both ways so again i just dont know which will be better. i dont want my butter to just taste like stem and not get me high.

i am using a crock pot that only has a low and high setting i have read to stay low and slow and others say go high then switch to low. i was thinking low for about 4-5 hours stirring 1-2x per hour.

any suggestions are appreciated. i will update later i am just waiting on some answers and to go get the butter.

oh yeah also i was thinking about a pound of butter.....too much?????? not enough????? and i just buy any old real butter like in the sticks right?
 

hungryman1986

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oh no one has been here yet to comment or give some help?

anyway here is the update

1 pound of butter....IS NOT VERY MUCH so to all you people out there that will do this a first time you may want to pick up more than a pound. so i only bought a pound and that was not enough for all my stuff to fit in so i just did

1x 1 pound butter
bunch of ground weed stuffs

looks very green smells yummy. wish i could have fit it all in there but i got some chocolate chip cookies to make tonight and i am excited. will try to get some picture of the butter for you guys.
 

hungryman1986

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so my butter is done now. it cooked about 3 hours i was going to do 4 but i wanted my cookies done in time for me to eat some tonight and still be awake for enough time for them to work.

the butter was finished...very green very good. i then cooked some chocolate chip cookies. and then i ate two of 21 that we made in the batch. i would say it was about 40ish grams of stem/shake.

i ate two cookies about 9pm and it is now 10.31 i feel a little bit or that is to say i can tell it is coming its way to me. i feel very good at this point for the very small amount i have had to drink/smoke.



more up-date-edge to come.
 

hungryman1986

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i guess no one is watching but in the case someone is

the first thing i have to say is "WOW" i got so high off these cookies. i had a great head and body high, plus i was put in a wonderful mood.

i ended up going to sleep...well passing out about 1ish. it had been a long day. but i slept very good too [something i don't do often]

got up and ate two more about an hour ago we will see how they do on the all day category. i will also later get a picture of the final product....this green butter is awesome.

as a matter of fact these cookies are way better than the thc pills i make all the time. i may be moving to butter as a permanent edible to make over and over again. and there is a high yield. i mean i only saved my stems up for a long time and just put them plus the very little bud that was stuck to them into the batch and did a whole pound of butter. and i have enough stems for 1-2 more batches. so i am very happy.

i would like to thank hotsxyman911 because i used his process and it worked great i would rep if i knew how.
 

hotsxyman911

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haha well im glad i helped someone. and its alot easier than using water because you dont have to wait for the butter to harden to seperate it from the water =]
 

hotsxyman911

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and to answer your other posts, no i dont grind up anything i just throw it all in there with the butter because if you grind it you get very fine plant material that you have to squeeze the butter out of, and especially if you use a metal strainer you will get the leftover pot into the butter that was super fine and personally i dont like eating that, it doesn't taste that great haha. but i am happy that you used my tutorial and am glad you got good results. when i go and buy the butter i need i usually have to pick up 30+ lbs because thats just how much shake and trim i have to use. but a range of 40g-70g is good depending on potency. but it also depends on how long you leave it, the minimal time i say is about 2 hours. but i usually put it in there for about 4-5 just to make sure i got all the thc. but once again thanks for using my tutorial and im very happy you got good results like i do =]
 

hungryman1986

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will i still get as good of results if i do not grind it and just put it in whole. if that will not hurt the quality of the butter then i would rather do it that way so i don't get little pieces of weed trash in my food.


in hindsight i should have set the clock on my camera before taking pictures.....yea i took them today hahaha
 

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slabhead

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A double layer of cheesecloth (at most grocery or hardware stores) will strain out most of the finer pot that a mesh strainer misses. But you'll loose more of your butter unless you have a press to recover it all.

Enjoy your butter, it looks great!
 

hotsxyman911

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actually you gain more thc if you dont grind it up because if you grind it, the thc detaches from the plant and than all you can really do is make hash, if you dont than its ALOT easier to strain, i hardly ever get the little trash shit in my butter =] but than again i can't have that because i make them for the dispenseries out here in california =]
 
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