Preparing of CannaButter is a recipe which will win with everyone, a great solution to those who cannot medicate with cannabis through smoking. This is something that can be used with various food items to still provide the needed relief to a medical marijuana patient. Okay, factually speaking it is very simple to create! Because if you want to use cannabis which need not be wasted.
From the proper use of this recipe one can get maximum cannabutter with quality as well. Therefore, let’s start by catalog of the materials you need to make cannabutter.
Important: When using Fats and water together, have a inclination of your ‘work-space’ being very hot-tempered and cautious to not burn your arms, appropriate clothing will be very essential. So please use oven gloves and long sleeves to stay away from accidental burning.
Materials to Be Used:
- A sturdy grinder to grind the Cannabis material.
- Stove to heat up the ingredients.
- A medium stainless steel sauce pan with lid. Size of pan is to be same as the stove heating element for the even allocation of heat.
- A measuring cup.
- A whisk or a large fork to mix the material with the water/butter solution in the pot.
- Cheese cloth to strain the material before cooling.
- A bowl large enough to hold and cool the CannaButter material.
- A space in your refrigerator to chill and take apart the water from butter.
- Heavy duty saran wrap to handle and pack together the CannaButter into a smaller, easier to handle shape.
- A freezable container to store the material.
- A space in your freezer to store the finished product.
Please be assured to have above mentioned items and marshal these items in an easy and accessible manner for immediate use during and at the closing stages of cannabutter making process.
Note: To make a strong CannaButter you will require adjusting the quantity of Cannabis you bring into play in accordance with the potency of butter you would like. It is not compulsory to make weak CannaButter or reduce the Cannabis Butter percentage as you may feel “no effect” after you’ve tried the butter.
This recipe will make about 350g of medium strength CannaButter. Mind it that while combining the ingredients there will be a miniature loss.
Ingredients
- 1lbs of unsalted butter.
- 3cups of water.
- 1 ounce of premium, middle or high grade Cannabis (trimmings are okay, but not as strong). The higher you go in quality of product, the better butter it will be.
Well, now let’s cook!
To Prepare:
Start by grinding the cannabis stuff very fine. Grind the cannabis material very finely by making it coarse and separated. You have to use a grinder after very keen cleaning if you don’t have a dedicated grinder for cannabis grinding. It’s very important to have good cannabis for use.
Cooking:
Place three cups of water to a covered boil. Put your butter in the boiling water and let it melt in the water. Heat is to be reduced to very low setting, once the butter is melted so when covered, the cannabutter will simmer gently. Now cannabis material is to be added to water and butter solution. After adding cannabis trim, keep mixing it along with fluffing it up into pan constantly so that the whole material does not stick to the bottom and there are no clusters. After making sure that there are no clusters position the lid on the pan and keep heat on minimum temperature.
Now it’s time to cook and let cannabutter simmer gently for 1-2 hours. This much time is very important and it should not cook for more than 3 hours.
After 1-2 hours have passed, THC will be combined with the melted butter.
During these 1-2 hours you are suppose to check cannabutter with intervals. To ensure proper heat temperature remains and not to boil the ingredients, this can trim down the butter excessively.
Extraction:
After above mentioned period of time, now you have to turn the heat off. Then let the solution sit for 2-4 minutes and remove it from the heat.
As mentioned earlier as well, proper cloths usage is very important at this stage.
Now it’s ready to get extracted. Place the cheese cloth over an open bowl and ensure that when the liquid is poured through the cheese cloth will not go with it. The idea here is to strain the solution using the cheese cloth so that you will not have bits of cannabis in the solution. Most of the THC is extracted by now. Once the solution has been strained through the cheese cloth and the material collected, you will have a solution in a bowl and cheese cloth full of soggy Cannabis material.
Extract as much as you can of the solution from the cheese cloth.
Solution must be removed as much as possible in the bowl.
Cooling:
Now put the bowl of cannabutter solution in your refrigerator, at that place which was keep for cannabutter and keep it there for a few hours. As this cooling process is taking place keep a check on the progress and let it be there for the separation of fats from the water to be maximum.
Now you will be removing your butter from the bowl. As butter is solid now so it is recommended that you use heavy duty plastic wrap for it. Collect as much solid cannabutter material from the bowl and drain the excess water (it should look gritty and dirty). Remove surplus of water by patting dry the cannabutter. Now form cannabutter with the help of plastic wrap in a better size to get compressed. Store it in an airtight and freezable container.
The point of getting butter to freeze here is that it never loses its potency, so it can be used or kept for longer time. So it’s clear that melting will take place quickly once it’s warmed. Now it’s ready for you to enjoy!
Use of canna butter can be in things like to bake muffins, cookie and brownies. Keep in mind that when you want to have a lick of canna butter, don’t just cook it, bake it a bit and it’s as good as it was at the time of cooking.
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November 9, 2009 at 10:11 am
Can you use a pressure cooker to shorten the cooking time or will the high temp (?) degrade the THC?
November 10, 2009 at 10:06 pm
Hi Khaila,
A pressure cooker would be too hot temperature to prepare cannabutter. It would be best to let simmer for the allotted time to properly extract the THC.
November 12, 2009 at 9:19 am
there are a lot of different ways. Olive oil worked. Canola oil worked. Higher temps butter to coffee color worked. Low temps 3-4 hours worked. Brownie recipee worked. Hell, I even tried whole milk black tea and chai spice with honey and got a buzz on. basically, it seems that all the ganja cooking methods on the net worked fine. The problem is that weed is so expensive that everyone is scared to waste their precious budz understandibly. I make butter and oil once a week or so with about 3-7 grams in oil or butter. I burnt and wasted a few batches. C’mon people, live a little, variety is the spice of life try all the different recepies for makeing your cannabutter. Your going to have to burn your butter before you know that your heat is on too high or that you need some water to cool your butter bud mix.
Ps. if your butter is burning, try a towel over your head and breath the smoke in eh.
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November 18, 2009 at 6:29 am
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November 27, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Love the article, it’s so detailed you’re a good teacher. A lot of people forget to mention the little things like making sure when you’re straining that the cheesecloth doesn’t go with it when you pour it through. It’s steps like those that we potheads need reminders of!
November 28, 2009 at 6:55 am
Glad you found the recipe useful and detailed. There are things we stoners do forget and it’s good to have a reminder
December 8, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Hey folks…just wanted to say..the above recipe is the same one that I use…at least ratio wise…if you have a mid-grade and/or I have even used some homegrown that had to be picked a wee bit early because of all the flooding we had down South this Fall..and it all comes out very potent. I can’t use a high grade here in Georgia because the cost is way to much for me to afford. This is why cooking is also great economically….I think you get more bang for your buck. I put my crock pot on “high” (mine says four hours)…and the heat tends get and be a little more hot than if it is set on 8 or 10 hours….during these four hours I open the lid and stir it…about once an hour…not much…and I keep the lid on tight! Then after the four hours are up…and if I don’t notice right away…my crock pot stays warm so it’s not a problem…then I go back to the crock pot and set in on 8 hours…that’s it…I put foil on top of my pot before I place the lid on…I think this really keeps the vapor in..and makes it so you don’t usually have to add water, I start with 5 or 6 cups of water.I think that is a little different from your recipe…After 8 hours…I unplug the crock pot and let it cool down and just strain (I strain twice, I take the scrap that is left in the cheese cloth or in my cast the metal strainer and I put it in a sauce pan, put a little water on top, like half a cup and then let it cook on low for about 20-30 minutes….this is not necessary but I like to do it. Then I make oatmeal raisin cookies. I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT..I DON’T KNOW IF ANY OF Y’ALL FEEL THE SAME WAY BUT…I put my oven temperature on about 275 or 300, not any higher, the canna butter is delicate and will burn faster…you have to bake a cookie a little bit longer…about 16 minutes or so…just keep a good eye on them..(ie don’t go and get stoned like my husband or your cookies will be black and hard on the bottom..set the timer for 16 minutes (for oatmeal raisin, each type of baked good is different but I have found lower and slower better for the oven temperature. I give them away to friends, family and even a neighbor with Cancer. Once, our friend, who is in his late 60′s called me up from his cell and just said into the phone…”Damn….shit….that cookie fucked me up, honey….I’m in Walmart and I can’t find my way out….hell, I’m so stoned…Jesus help me” I talked him down and helped him find his way out to his car. LOL.
December 9, 2009 at 6:14 am
So, if I only use 1/4 lbs. of butter, I can get away with about 1/4 ounce of cannabis, correct? Does this make sense?
December 9, 2009 at 9:20 am
I really enjoyed this article. I’ve been making cannabutter for a few years now and the only wisdom I have to pass on is that of your left over plant material, after you’ve strained it. Is that you don’t have to throw it away! You’d be surprised how much T H C is still in that greenage. Majoy factor is keeping it in the freezer between processings. You don’t have to throw it away! Please don’t!
I would never ever tell anyone else to do this but I did it. Stupid as it sounds I was overly curious how much t h c was left after a first processing because every tutorial I read said throw it away. So I boiled the fat out of a small amount of processed greeange. Then I baked it to dry it out. I smoked that small amount and was pleasantly surprised. I didn’t have to throw out my stuff!
Word of caution though. I was teaching one of my good friends this. She’s in pain a lot and this works better then any or her prescription drugs. She made the mistake of leaving it out after processing and ofcourse it molded. That you can never recover my friend. That you WILL have to throw away.
So don’t let cost keep you from trying to make cannabutter. If all you have is cash for a 1/4 and can only do 1 stick of butter at a time then do it that way. You will love the body buzz! Very nice.
December 10, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Hi BobbyJ,
You can ‘half’ the batch for a smaller amount of cannabutter.
A full ounce can definitely be pricey.
December 11, 2009 at 12:05 am
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January 1, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Great recipe! I tried it last night and it was indeed a Happy New Year! Woohoo!
January 3, 2010 at 8:30 pm
Thanks for the recipe. Quick (perhaps slightly lame) question…how strong is the smell while cooking the cannabutter?