So you've never made cannabutter before, or maybe you have and just want to get a definite recipe to keep. Well you've come to the right place my sexy friends. I want to show you today how to make your own to keep, to hold, and to cherish. Let's get started!
First thing, if you want to make your cannabutter and your edibles in the the same day, I suggest you get the ingredients and materials ready the day before. You're going to to want to wake up at the crack of dawn, since cannabutter takes a little while to make (ABOUT SIX HOURS). I get cooking right after my daily routine.
Pictured above: The breakfast of champions. Cigarettes, coffee,
microwavable sandwiches, medication, and 420!
Start by getting about three cups of water boiling in the saucepan. How much water you use is arbitrary, as you will separate it from the butter anyway. Use enough to keep the cannabis from burning at the bottom of the pan. Take your butter and keep it at room temperature while doing this so it is easier to melt.
microwavable sandwiches, medication, and 420!
A good thing for any kind of cooking or craft, is to gather your materials. Here's what you'll need:
- A large saucepan (depending on how much butter you want to make)
- A stirring spoon, to keep your cannabis and butter from burning
- Two glass jars, one for your cannabutter, and one for your cannabis tea (water and weed)
- Stems and seeds, or even some actual bud if you want REALLY good cannabutter
- A couple sheets of cheese cloth, to filter out the actual weed left over (you can dry it later)
- Some clothespins, to fasten the coffee filter
- A scale, cheap ones will do if you round up
- Sticks of salted butter (no shit, Sherlock)
- Optional: Zip-lock freezer bag
- Optional: Very large bowl
Ignore the coffee filter, I used cheese cloth, but I used
that as a placeholder for the picture
Okay, lets get cooking. Weigh out your weed based on how strong you want the recipe to be, and how much butter you'll be using. Below you can find a chart that should help you figure out how much you need. Feel free to save this, as it can help you in the future.that as a placeholder for the picture
Le chart
6 grams for me, I found that using stoichiometry if you
can't tell
can't tell
Start by getting about three cups of water boiling in the saucepan. How much water you use is arbitrary, as you will separate it from the butter anyway. Use enough to keep the cannabis from burning at the bottom of the pan. Take your butter and keep it at room temperature while doing this so it is easier to melt.
Am I going a little too fast for you?
Once the water is at a boil, add your butter. Stir it until you get a nice, even mixture. Now is a good time to open some windows, unless you want your neighbors to come over asking for some. Lower your heat so as not to burn the butter (a 6 out of 10 is a good temperature). Add more water if you don't think you have enough.
I should be a chemist, seriously
Once the butter has completely melted and formed a nice coating on top of the water, it is time for the point of no return. Add your cannabis to the mixture. Here comes the shitty part. You need to stir this and let it simmer etc for about THREE HOURS. A good heat setting is about 3 out of 10. This is how long it takes to make sure all the THC in your cannabis has been absorbed into the butter. I usually stir it in 20 minute intervals. So this is your chance to do some shit you have to take care of.
Seriously, no turning back
I don't like my sheets smelling like my lifestyle: Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll
Three Hours Later...
Next, pour the mixture through the cheese cloth. Double-layer the cloth (fold it over once) across the top of one of your jars. Fasten it to the top using clothespins. Pour your mixture SLOWLY YOU DUMBASS into the jar. ***Remember, if you have shitty glass jars like me, put the jar in the sink as you pour it in, this way if the glass breaks, you don't spill your shit).
YOUR NOBLE APPARTUS
SCIENCE, IT WORKS BITCHES
You can already see the butter and water separating.
If you have a large freezer bag, and you want to dry out your weed to make more edibles, put your cheesecloth with the cannabis in it, into the freezer bag. Save that however you want.
Again, if you're using shitty jars like me, you'll want to let the jar sit in your sink at room temperature WITH THE LID OFF for about 20 to 30 minutes. This way the glass can cool to room temperature. Then you may set it in the fridge. If you have a large bowl, like a casserole bowl, set the jar in that while inside the fridge. This is the same precaution as putting it in the sink.
Put a lid on it, put it in the fridge, and wait at least two hours. This is by far the hardest part. Use this time to clean up, so your roommates don't bitch about how you won't share. If you have trouble cleaning the saucepan, put water and dish soap in it and boil it. It will clear rather quickly. THE MORE YOU KNOW!
Unfortunately, I was pressed for time when we finished the cannabutter, so we had to hurry up and cook with it. After it has cooled enough so that the butter is almost solid, use the other jar and do the same method as you did earlier, filtering it out. This time, scoop the solid cannabutter up with a spoon, and save it in either a jar or some tupperware. If you want, you can let the jar full of ganja-water set in the fridge, to ensure you didn't miss any.
HAPPY COOKING!
