Cannabutter 3 ways (Stovetop)

[Carrie]

Cannabutter #1
Ingredients: 1 lb (450 g) butter
1 oz (28 g)good ganja or hash or 2 oz (57 g) leaves

Method: Melt the butter slowly in the pan. Grind down your ganja to a fine powder and sift out any stalky bits. Gently add to the melted butter and stir in well. It will turn dark green if you're using grass.
Keep on a low heat for up to a half an hour without letting it burn, giving it plenty of stirring.
Then pour through a fine strainer squeezing all the butter into a jug. You can use the mush in a drink or simply compost it. Pour your Cannabutter into jars and seal them tightly for storage in the fridge. If you cover the hardened butter with a little water, this will help it keep a little longer.


Cannabutter #2
Melt 0.5 kg of butter or ghee in a saucepan. Add several ounces of finely sifted marijuna. Simmer and stir for a few minutes until the butter takes on a greenish color of the grass.
Pour the butter through a fine stainer. Press the mash firmly to squeeze out as much butter as possible. A little heat may be applied beneath the mash to help the butter flow better.
Do not discard the leafy material. Simmer it in (hot) milk or vodka and sweeten with honey to make a tasty and effective beverage.
For extra potency the process may be repeated by heating more marijuana in the same butter. Otherwise do as above.
To store cannabutter may be frozen or kept for a long time in the refrigerator by pouring water over it.
A simpler and more potent cannabutter can be done by using hashish or hash oil instead of marijuana. Heat and stir until all the hash or oil dissolves in the butter. As much hash or oil may be used as desired as it will dissolve very easily.


Cannabutter #3

Fill a large pot 1/3 the way with crushed and crumbled bud and leaf. Fill the pot 3/4 way with a mixture of 1 part butter and 4 more parts water. Boil for 30 minutes stirring frequently.
Remove as much debris from the bottom as possible. Allow the liquids to cool to room temperature,then refrigerate. The butter will harden on the top and can be removed. Be gentle to keif layer. Discard the water.
If a stronger product is desired the process can be repeated with fresh water and grass.

[Lacy]

Thanks carrie
Great info:D

[grinkeeper]

"do you have troubles with the taste of cannabutter products?"

I have tried 5 different methods to prepare cannabutter.. finally I have found a method that fits with my tastes. I cant stand the taste of cannabis in my food . It is very important to me that its is strong but doesnt have a green look or taste .

I now use a crockpot,
1 lb butter,
3/4 oz of grade"b" bud or lower air buds & resin tips trim. crumbled but not poweder.
8 cups of water,
1hour on med heat 23 hours on low.
let the liquid cool a little and strainer with 4 cheese cloth layers , but make sure you do this while its still semi hot to make sure its in a liquid state..

cool and seperate the butter from the water.

then the most important part for me
"THE WASH"
this purify's the end product and takes it from the color green to the color of regular butter but keeps the potency the same..
It also take the bitter strong taste out of the butter...

the wash is basicly taking the green butter adding it back to the crock pot for 12 more hours with 8 more cups of fresh water..

end product is yellow and can be cooked into many baked products with out the strong taste usually found with edibles..

not everyone hates the taste of cannabis but for some it can invoke the jag reflex almost instantly. for people that are not into the taste of cannbis but love the effects then please try the extra step "the wash" and you will be happy..

[Lacy]

Thanks grin but NO I am queen of canna butter making:D
My canna butter tastes awesome as I do NOT use all the fan leaves and such like many recipes call for.

In MY OPINION its 'garbage in....garbage out'
I use only high quality material to make my products so the taste of my butter is primo:)

I've been a professinal baker and have a degree in holistic nutrition so this stuff is very important to me. Yes it sounds a tad on the arrogant side but I CAN BAKE!!! Its my specialty but in order to make good canna butter, you have to first be a good grower:p

If I could add some pics of my canna treats i would BUT I just got high speed so now have to shrink my pics and my zoonbrower won't reload onto my computer for some reason so now my pics are too big for this forum.

Here is a link to some of my pics from another thread
http://www.treatingyourself.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=40225

I make everything from my cann butter
oatmeal cookies
gingerbreads
peanut butter
hermits
biscottis

I haven't yet make candy so would like to try it which is why i am thinking of making some caramel...........mmmmmmmmm
Yep I'm a canna babe;)
I even make gluten free!

[Carrie]

:confused: Lmao! This is a odd response, and a no time did I ever have the need to say, I'm a REAL chef, not a baker or a person who thinks they are because they have a oven or a love for cooking. I'm a sealed, papered chef and restaurant consaltant and never call myself butter queen,master.....professional? or really anything like that. When really I guess I am. I actully make 6-10 lbs cannabutter a week for the centres. Opinions are great but why don't you post your recipe in the recipe section insead of saying your "I'm better cause I use no garder leafs".... in my recipe corner?
Also to be a grower makes you a good cook is another one of your opinions that I don't get, even though I do have a MMAR garden and have grown since I was 17. That did not teach me how to make cannabutter. You don't get your banker to do the landscaping:o

[Kerry O'Grady]

I have made butter on a few occasions, and one time I made it I screwed up. I also use a crockpot as the temp is easier to control. This one time I thought I would make butter, and then add more regular butter to my finished product. I made the butter, strained it through about 6-8 layers of cheesecloth and everything looked good.

When I was "washing" the butter, I thought it would be a good idea to add an extra lb to the mixture. WRONG.

The added butter would not solidify to the cannabutter so I ended up with a soupy kinda concoction that I couldn't use. So, when making butter, use only the amount of butter that you want to end up in your final product.

[Lacy]

:confused: Lmao! This is a odd response, and a no time did I ever have the need to say, I'm a REAL chef, not a baker or a person who thinks they are because they have a oven or a love for cooking. I'm a sealed, papered chef and restaurant consaltant and never call myself butter queen,master.....professional? or really anything like that. When really I guess I am. I actully make 6-10 lbs cannabutter a week for the centres. Opinions are great but why don't you post your recipe in the recipe section insead of saying your "I'm better cause I use no garder leafs".... in my recipe corner?
Also to be a grower makes you a good cook is another one of your opinions that I don't get, even though I do have a MMAR garden and have grown since I was 17. That did not teach me how to make cannabutter. You don't get your banker to do the landscaping:oGosh.:eek:
Friendly bunch here.:confused:
I am well aware that you are a professional baker for the centre as I have tried your baking and it is excellent
YOUR baked goods are what made me want to bake my own
I'm sorry if you took my post as me trying to say my goods are better since I don't bake for any centres nor want to
I'm not trying to sell my treats:confused:
I was merely commenting on your threads because nobody else was and i thought I get a conversation going about baking in a playful manner
This site doesn't have too many playful people here it seems
People just seem to like to attack:eek:
I guess you didn't want to take note of all the nice things i said in your other threads that nobody responded to
And here I thought we could exchange recipes................:(
WOW! Guess not

What a friendly bunch.
How disapppointing.
No so i won't share anything here as I can see receptive you are to the idea.:rolleyes:

[Carrie]

Lacy, commenting on threads starting with no I'm the Cannabutter queen and from your own words, "yes it sounds on the tad arrogant side, but I can bake".... yes does come across arrogant for me. I guess what you call starting conversation like that is new to me. I'm sorry you feel that we are a non friendly bunch here but that response is just mine and I how I feel. By not posting your recipe's and/or helpfull information is what you need to do go nuts ,but it's the patients and members of TY that will miss out. The same reasons why I post mine without cutting other peoples. I guess waking up and reading this response in my recipe corner, before posting some new recipes today is a little deflating. I am sorry for taking it out of contents and being defentive, that's me ,not Treating yourself, so please post your recipe's and such because there needed and are appreciated.
Carrie

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[Lacy]

Lacy, commenting on threads starting with no I'm the Cannabutter queen and from your own words, "yes it sounds on the tad arrogant side, but I can bake".... yes does come across arrogant for me. I guess what you call starting conversation like that is new to me. I'm sorry you feel that we are a non friendly bunch here but that response is just mine and I how I feel. By not posting your recipe's and/or helpfull information is what you need to do go nuts ,but it's the patients and members of TY that will miss out. The same reasons why I post mine without cutting other peoples. I guess waking up and reading this response in my recipe corner, before posting some new recipes today is a little deflating. I am sorry for taking it out of contents and being defentive, that's me ,not Treating yourself, so please post your recipe's and such because there needed and are appreciated.
Carrie

INo problem sweetie.
I was purposely being bratty but playfully so.

Your canna treats totally kick ass GF .........
You're a legend:cool:
Thanks for responding back.
That was nice:D

[Carrie]

I get bratty:D , sorry just caught off guard:cool:

[420eh]

a cup of cannabutter to the two of you :D

[hashimoto]

Thanks for sharing your recipes/methods, but isn't boiling for half an hour too hot for too long? At that temp/time you're vaporizing off your meds before you can use them.
What temps are you using? I've been using a crockpot on 'keep warm' setting which is 125-130F, I do a longer cook time, typically 72 hours or so.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh274/motosfotos/BoT/crockpottemp.jpg

[thaistik]

Good recipies Carrie, basically exactly how I make it too. Hashimoto, I've been making cannabutter and cannaoil for several years as well. Mostly cannaoil for personal preferences. THC has a vaporizing temp around 300 F, which is the lowest flash point of all the cannabinoids. I always heat to 200 to 210 F, just long enough to heat all material to this temperature (usually around an hour). I now make it regularly for a patient so far I've never had any complaints about the potency.

[Carrie]

Those stove-top recipe's are hard and easy to mess up. If you have the crock pots, way better. Your right with the temp,having the water as a medium also makes it more forgiving. I use mine on the keep warm setting for 18-20 hours. The old crockpots don't have the keep warm setting so I put on low for a couple hours less with more water. Right before the press I turn them on high for around 45mins, to get the most out of the press. Keep the pressed matter untill you have a few batches and that will make a butter as well, sometimes I find stronger due to the 3 different batches.

[Neal]

Great thread! I am always trying to make better butter.
Best part about the thread is the Sisters getting along. Two of the most valuable contributors whose help and advice is always appreciated!
Many thanks to Carrie and Lacy!:)
Neal.

[allmanjoy]

if you use vap remains for butter do you gain any potency with longer cook time? I usually do it in butter and water at 175 degrees for 6-8 hours.

Also will the wash work on duff? I dont get that heavy of a flavor but wonder if I did a wash if it would make it even less?

To help get all the goodies out of the cheesecloth I have heated water that I dip the squeezed cloth mixture in or pour on it and squeeze some more.

[Carrie]

Longer than the 8 hours for the low butter/water simmer will help fursure. Not sure about washing the vap duff..., not much chlorophyll,dirt,ex. in the meds at that point, so my guess is no need to wash.

[Lacy]

I knew you were a brat too
Just another reason to love ya

Thanks 420 and Neal. How sweet.

I also use a crock pot and have it on the 'keep warm' setting
At first i used to use the low setting but found it burnt the butter so turned it down

How long do you recommend cooking in a slow cooker for Carrie?
I usually cook it 12 to 18 hours and it seems good but I have heard of others cooking it for up to 72 hours like Hashimoto. I'm pretty sure my slow cooker doesn't cook at temps that low though.

I just put some on @ 6:00 and am making some gingerbreads and stuff so would be happy to share some recipes here. As soon as I get some photo software so i can shrink some pics ot add.

Its so nice to have you here Carrie:D

[Lacy]

So i ended up cooking this batch of butter on the 'warm setting' for 24 hours. The warm setting is about 150 degrees F
This time i also grinded up the buds some which seems to help greatly.
I prepared this butter the same way i prepared the material for my bubblehash and it worked out very nicely.
My ratio of weed to butter is 1/2 an ounce of bud or 1 oucne of trim to one lb. of butter. This seems to work nicely for my patient and I.
I don't heat my butter to boiling at any point in time but let it cool some and then strain.
I agree with what carrie mentioned in that if you keep the weed material and then squeeze out the remaining butter, this usually is the strongest part.
It gets all foamy like and is even different in colouration due to all the trichs collecting in the remains of the butter.

I'm going to make some canna treats this weekend, take some pics and hopefully will be able to post these recipes along them. The patient I am baking for canna tolerate chocolate well due to migraines so I'm improvising some with these ones. Biscotti's and gingerbreads:p

Does anyone has any suggestions on downloadable software to shrink pics?
My zoombrowser is STILL not downloading onto my computer.:rolleyes:

[thaistik]

1 oucne of trim to one lb. of butter. This is the same ratio that I use as well For both butter and oil, makes for some strong meds. Good stuff, enjoy the medibles.

[Clear Head C]

great methods, I use the crock pot myself and finish with dollar store pillow cases as a filter and a wine press for straining it, you get most of the butter back and have a good sized hockey puck of leaf left

[Lacy]

Thanks thaistick. I think it is a good ratio also. It works for me and I'm chronic....lol

Hiya clearhead,
thanks for the input on the canna butter. It seems most people I know make canna butter the slow cooker or crock pot way on the warm setting.

TOTALLY cool idea of the straining material.
I LOVE IT! Thats one thing that i am constantly running around for is cheese cloth. I need to stock up on it perhaps...lol
It seems I never have enough of it but the pillow case idea is awesome. If the threadcount is good it might even be better

Thanks so much:D

[thaistik]

For straining, I use a food press and filter through a mesh coffee filter.

[Lacy]

For straining, I use a food press and filter through a mesh coffee filter.
You really HAVE done this for a while huh?
I like it:D

I was going to add some recipes and info now but I am far too high off these canna treats :o so will add them tomorrow, but in another thread, of course.

Thanks for sharing all these tips with us Thaistick and the rest of you:cool:

[thaistik]

I am far too high off these canna treats
That's great, I too was just about to post on some granola bars I just made, but realized I'm too stoned to type the recipe. I'll be out in the field this week, so I'll post when I get back.

[Lacy]

That's great, I too was just about to post on some granola bars I just made, but realized I'm too stoned to type the recipe. I'll be out in the field this week, so I'll post when I get back.
Heehee:D
I look forward to your granola recipe thai and can relate

Hey Carrie,
A while ago i noticed you post @ the T.C.C. that you will be adding more gluten free baked goods to the canna treat menu due to the increase of special requests, and considered offering some of my recipes to you over at that site but due to the online pic system, can't add any pictures, so decided against it. I'd like to add some of them here at this site so just wanted to let you know in case you personally might want to use them. They are good for people suffering with celiac disease, IBS and some forms of autism.

I was serious about trying your canna treats years ago. There was a nice selection of treats i purchased at the time but I remember it quite well.
It was actually the very first time i have ever had anything made from canna butter and these particular nanimo bars were made from Jack Herer trim and you could clearly taste it in these treats. Now i know Jack Herer has a very distinct taste and it was there. Other people's baking didn't compare, in fact most was quite revolting:( which was prompted me to make my own. So yes your canna treats inspired me.
Totally GOURMET baking!
I haven't quite mastered having my canna butter taste distinctively like any one strain yet BUT primarily due to the fact that i have too many different strains growing that I use for my trim so the flavour consistency just is not there.

Anyway.....It was fun messin' wif ya though:p
KIDDING!;)

[Carrie]

Hey, sorry about the delay, the centre's where empty from 2009 :) Still playing catch up. So... back to Lacy's post 18-24 hours on the keep warm setting, on two of my three crockpots. The third one is on low with more water and a couple less hours. The third one is a different crockpot,same brand (proctor silex) just this one is around 4 years newer and oval instead of round:confused: You would think they would be the same or at least close, nope! So get to know your crockPOT:p
I'll reply to rest tomorrow,xoxo Carrie

[browniekate]

Wish I could say I've gotten to make butter like some of you have, also there
seems to be products like "budder", which is a very potent,pure trichomes
combined with a pure type of butter or oil which burns instantly and effectively. The person who created this budder I think keeps the process
to lhim/herself, or only tells their close friends, it seems to me that the simmer-slow-for over an hour..type of butter takes on the green color and
chlorophyll taste that are truly gaggy and gross and hard to eat in the final
product. The type that is gently disolved into the best butter without the
additon of water just takes on the ptency without the green grossness..??
Kathy
definitely with butter greener is NOT better..edibles are hard to eat or yummy delight like my friend from Ottawa makes...with everything organic
and from her friends.She knows exactly how much thc in each item.
mmmmmmm..gingersnaps!!....it was too tempting to get "too baked"
on the baked goods tho! hahahahahahaha!! good times!

[Carrie]

A few things: Clearhead, good call on fabric ,at the centre I use a huge tea bag made out of a coat liner material, (that white cheap stuff) it stands up to our large hydraulic butter press. At home I use a really fine sieve, china cap thing called a chinoise. Kind of looks like that potato ricer in shape just screen type holes.

[Carrie]

Hey Lacy not sure how to help you with the photo's :confused: I'm glad I inspire you, I have to thank chef Moe for inspiring me:)
More about our butter talk...
I was taught don't grind the buds, keep them whole, only break up the big ones and pull out any bigger sticks or as brownie Kate was saying, you get extra plant matter,chlorophyll ex. (Just like making oil,budder ex.)but that's a whole another huge post :)
When you use this method your sativa butter is more green and your indica's more of a redish green. The foamy like stuff is the best part, yup! The keif line:D That's the thin layer on the finshed butter,stuck on the butter side in the water. Leave your butter in fridge no less than 2 days for best results.

With the S.D.N.R (special.dietary.needs.recipe) for the centre's, I should have some of them in stock next week. With these recipe's, I'm adding a glycemic index and nutritional analysis per serving with these items. So it does not leave me much room for changes or options. Please post your recipes on here cause if it's a centre item I created for them I don't post in forums. Attached is a sample of a s.d.n.r, I'm so excided and can wait to get them going.

[Carrie]

I can't post the attachment sorry:(

[allmanjoy]

This is the same ratio that I use as well For both butter and oil, makes for some strong meds. Good stuff, enjoy the medibles.

for duff I use 1 oz of duff to 4oz of butter. I usually do 3 oz to 12 oz in my pot with water at 175 degrees for 8 hours. THen at after i have seperated into 3 1/4lb budders I will redo each 1/4 lb with another 10 grams of duff again for 8 hours.
When I make cookies for enjoying this method gives me about 24 doses that are about 4-6 hours in duration with a nice utopia for about 1 hour.
Do you think increasing soaking time would impact potency much????


Th

[Lacy]

Hey Lacy not sure how to help you with the photo's :confused: I'm glad I inspire you, I have to thank chef Moe for inspiring me:) Hey no worries girl. I have asked for help here about them but it appears an off coloured joke takes more priority:confused: If fact, I was shocked that you were at this forum and nobody was asking you any questions about your recipes and such, which are awesome but as soon as they thought we were fighting, there was ALL kinds of attention. Can't help notice you having the same pic issues:rolleyes:

More about our butter talk...
I was taught don't grind the buds, keep them whole, only break up the big ones and pull out any bigger sticks or as brownie Kate was saying, you get extra plant matter,chlorophyll ex. (Just like making oil,budder ex.)but that's a whole another huge post :) Yeah I wasn't too sure about that one either. Normally i don't grind up the buds either but these were big buds from my outdoors strawberry cough that i finished indoors so they had to be broken down. I've only been doing this for a little over a year now so don't have the expertise you do. Thank chef Moe for me also then Carrie. Health Canada sent me to T.C.C., my gp recommended if i am to use cannabis then he would prefer that i consume it rather than smoke it which was what lead me to bake my own treats. I'm not sure I would want to do it as often as you do though. I only bake every two or three months but when i do i make a bunch of stuff and freeze it.
When you use this method your sativa butter is more green and your indica's more of a redish green. The foamy like stuff is the best part, yup! The keif line:D That's the thin layer on the finshed butter,stuck on the butter side in the water. Leave your butter in fridge no less than 2 days for best results.Leave the butter in the fridge for no LESS than two days?
Ok I normally do leave it for a bit but why is this? :confused:

With the S.D.N.R (special.dietary.needs.recipe) for the centre's, I should have some of them in stock next week. With these recipe's, I'm adding a glycemic index and nutritional analysis per serving with these items. So it does not leave me much room for changes or options. Please post your recipes on here cause if it's a centre item I created for them I don't post in forums. Attached is a sample of a s.d.n.r, I'm so excided and can wait to get them going.
YES I know you don't post at any other forums and not even at the centre much which is why I hit you up here silly:D
. I have a friend who knows you and she suggested we get together to exchange some tasty recipes.
Glycemic index for diebetics is a great idea.
Thanks a lot for all the time and effort you put into sharing all your recipes.
I did add some gluten free recipes for you but they are in individual threads.
I would have liked to gather them all up togther in a separate sub section but don't appear to be too successful with that so hope you find them.

Happy Baking to you and all other who enjoy this part of cannabis use.

[Bionik Kronik]

So I have a question? Carrie, you say to use an ouce of bud per pound of butter. In TY issue 13 MzJill did an article about making butter and her recipe says 4-6 ounces of material per 5 stick of butter whick I think is 1 1/4 pound of butter. Why such the increase? I've also heard up to 2 ounces of material per stick of butter. I'm a heavy smoker. I just don't want it to be to weak, I'm not worried about the ammount of material I use?

[SteveG]

So I have a question? Carrie, you say to use an ouce of bud per pound of butter. In TY issue 13 MzJill did an article about making butter and her recipe says 4-6 ounces of material per 5 stick of butter whick I think is 1 1/4 pound of butter. Why such the increase? I've also heard up to 2 ounces of material per stick of butter. I'm a heavy smoker. I just don't want it to be to weak, I'm not worried about the ammount of material I use?

we use 1.5 oz of trim per pound of butter and get approx. 80 pieces per pound (squares, cookies or whatever) ... this seems to be a good potency for us and the pieces are not too big [4x5x2cm](sometimes I need the medicine but not hungry enough to eat a lot)

[Aldrich]

Nice one post Carrie there.... Keep sharing more one's with all the member's of the forum.... Thanks allot....

[HC-certified]

I am looking for some help in regards to making some canna butter as potent as possible. I have been using one oz of ground bud to one pound butter, with water, heating this up, and cooling 6-8 times over 10 hours, I have the weed in nylons so there is no straining involved. I then put this in a blender then in the freezer for 1 hour then take the bottom off, drain the liquid, turn blender over into a tupperware container and wammo, a solid beautiful block of butter. I will definetly try the crock pot method next time, I was just wondering if anyone else had luck with using 2 oz bud/1 pound butter?
6 months ago I was taking 480 mg oxy-contin, and 90 mg methadone per day for pain relief, as of today I only use 20mg oxy 3x/day thanks to this butter, and Marco setting me up with a fantastic DG, which has been life changing.
I just seem to go thru the baked goods like hot cakes, so i was wondering about increasing the ratio.
Thank you in advance for any advice or ideas.