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How to Make Cannabutter, According to an Expert on Edibles
A beginner-friendly guide to making weed butter at home.
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Tina
April 20, 2024
Is it okay to use vegan butter with this recipe? I would think it's okay since it is still fat but I was hoping you would know for sure. I'd hate to waste perfectly good weed if it is avoidable. :). Thanks!
Jeremy202
January 12, 2024
Hi Vanessa I really enjoy this recipe and have used a lot but I’d like to decarb and make canna butter via sous vide to reduce smell. Other sous vide recipes call for way longer cooking times e.g 4-8 hours and I have used your short methods that have worked for me, could I use this for sous vide or does sous vide mean longer Cooking times for both decarb and butter infusion. Thanks!
Vanessa L.
January 12, 2024
Hi Jeremy,
Thank you! I understand your dilemma. You can sous-vide the butter but a big part of the process of getting trichomes into the fat requires agitation. I don’t have exact times for a sous vide butter, but I would say 2 hours maximum. You’ll extract a lot of potency in hot melted butter within 30 seconds so 4 to 8 hours is overkill.
Decarb sous vide you will need to burp the bag so not sure it will help with minimizing the smell very much.
I’m writing about all of this for my forthcoming book How to Eat Weed and Have a Good Time for Simon Element.
Happy baking 😘
Thank you! I understand your dilemma. You can sous-vide the butter but a big part of the process of getting trichomes into the fat requires agitation. I don’t have exact times for a sous vide butter, but I would say 2 hours maximum. You’ll extract a lot of potency in hot melted butter within 30 seconds so 4 to 8 hours is overkill.
Decarb sous vide you will need to burp the bag so not sure it will help with minimizing the smell very much.
I’m writing about all of this for my forthcoming book How to Eat Weed and Have a Good Time for Simon Element.
Happy baking 😘
Jennifer
July 10, 2023
Hi Vanessa, Can you please explain why you wrap the weed in parchment and then foil before heating in the oven to decarb? Could you just place the weed on a silicon baking mat instead and heat at 245 degrees for 25 - 30 minutes? Thanks.
Vanessa L.
July 10, 2023
Hi! You want to reduce the oxygen and protect the weed from blasts of oven heat. The parchment makes it so the resin won’t stick. Please join The Edibles Club for more info: www.patreon.com/ediblesclub
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dude M.
February 21, 2023
Sometimes it can take up to three hours to simmer. These dumbasses don't know shit.
Vanessa L.
April 9, 2023
Hi! I did lab testing, do you have some that says otherwise? I’m always excited to hear new science on edible making, but no need for name calling xo
Jo
February 15, 2023
I'm planning on using grinder kief, decarbing in the oven & infusing it in ghee. Any tips on that?
Warchicken
January 21, 2023
Can you put fine ground straight weed in like a brownie recipe? Do you have to make it into butter to cook with it?
Vanessa L.
January 21, 2023
Yes! That’s what my Aunty Yo does. I usually do that for things like meatballs that have a lot of herbs. But yes, grind it fine, throw it in, have a good time xo
Babydro27
November 19, 2022
Somewhat random question. Can you use the leftover flower for anything? This is what's left after straining the butter.
gregg M.
November 7, 2022
I've been using cannabis since '73 & have a high tolerance.
Cannabutter works great but the taste is HORRENDOUS!!!
Using cinnamon to mask the taste but its not doing too good.
Would anyone have any suggestions on what to use to mask the awful taste?
And yes, I wash the cannabutter anywhere from 3 to 4 times.
Cannabutter works great but the taste is HORRENDOUS!!!
Using cinnamon to mask the taste but its not doing too good.
Would anyone have any suggestions on what to use to mask the awful taste?
And yes, I wash the cannabutter anywhere from 3 to 4 times.
[email protected]
November 21, 2022
When you make your cannabutter, make it very strong. Don’t forget you only have to cook it at 190* for 45 mins. Using more weed and making it stronger allows you to use less in your recipes. Allowing you to just use regular butter, thus enhancing the flavor because there isn’t as much chlorophyll in it.
gregg M.
November 29, 2022
Thank You drewalles.
Right now I'm experimenting with maybe 14g to 3 sticks or 3/4lb of unsalted butter.
I water-cured it for 3 days and most of the bad taste is gone. Changed water once daily....you can water-cure for longer, I just wanted to get it done.
Right now I'm experimenting with maybe 14g to 3 sticks or 3/4lb of unsalted butter.
I water-cured it for 3 days and most of the bad taste is gone. Changed water once daily....you can water-cure for longer, I just wanted to get it done.
gregg M.
November 29, 2022
EDIT: 11-29-22
Am having success with WATER-CURING before the decarb step as I put 14g in a 12oz jar, filled with water, changing it once a day for 3 days but it should be done a few days longer maybe, I just wanted to get it done.
I won't taste it until tonight
but I KNOW most of that horrible smell is gone so things are looking good.
Am having success with WATER-CURING before the decarb step as I put 14g in a 12oz jar, filled with water, changing it once a day for 3 days but it should be done a few days longer maybe, I just wanted to get it done.
I won't taste it until tonight
but I KNOW most of that horrible smell is gone so things are looking good.
Vanessa L.
January 21, 2023
Make canna-oil it takes 15 minutes to infuse or better yet use kief or hash. No need to infuse, decarb and homogenize into any fat or cook directly into food.
Bevi
April 9, 2023
Gregg - I make the brownies linked to the article. I cannot detect even a smidge of cannabis in the taste.
Tash74
September 30, 2022
Hi
I have 200g of leaf and want to make butter with it.
Do I just use all of it and follow the recipe as though it's bud?
Thanks
I have 200g of leaf and want to make butter with it.
Do I just use all of it and follow the recipe as though it's bud?
Thanks
Vanessa L.
January 21, 2023
Do you mean fan leaves or sugar leaf? Fan leaves have little to no thc. I would make cold water hash with sugar leaf and cook with that. The more plant matter the more green bitter flavor.
Tash74
January 21, 2023
A mix of both but mostly fan leaves.
I used the whole lot in a 500g butter mix then used 125g of that butter in brownies, I couldn't move off the lounge for hours, it was so damn strong hahaha
I used the whole lot in a 500g butter mix then used 125g of that butter in brownies, I couldn't move off the lounge for hours, it was so damn strong hahaha
Joaquim
August 19, 2022
Hello!
Vanessa, could you please clarify the browned butter process?
We should start browning the butter already together with the decarb weed?
Vanessa, could you please clarify the browned butter process?
We should start browning the butter already together with the decarb weed?
Vanessa L.
January 21, 2023
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Weeeeeeeeedy
August 16, 2022
Couldn’t find the actual ratio here of flower to butter..?
Vanessa L.
January 21, 2023
there is no set ratio. it depends on the servings in a recipe and the potency of the flower used. This is how to make canna butter.
Cathy K.
May 30, 2023
I’ve experimented and I like a ratio of 1 ounce of weed to 1 1/2 cups of butter.
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