How To Make Cannabutter [W/ Pics]

nice thread.............

gotthat said:

nice thread.............

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I have 8 plants growing, they are about 6-7 weeks away from harvest. i harvested one plant early, all teh leaves were drooping, so in a panic, i harvested it. It had a nice skunky smell to it when i harvested it, but after a week of drying and almost a week of dry curing, it smells like dried lawn clippings. I have about 3-4 oz of it. I do not look forward to smoking this schwaggy shit and i'm not going to risk a distribution charge in FL by trying to sell it - not to mention getting my ass beat when peeps complain about the low quality, LOL.
I don't want to throw it out, so i was thinking of making cannabutter out of it. Doesn't look like i have anything to lose, so i think i will try this. I'm just wondering how strong this will be with using a 1 1/4 stick of butter. I DID see some crystal formation on the weed b4 i harvested it. Think it will work? it is either cannabutter or marijuana tea, and i've been told that making tea is a waste of time. any tips will be appreciated

Shaking it all for keif or using bubble bags to make hash is always a viable option.


-AR

AdReNaLiNeRuSh said:

Shaking it all for keif or using bubble bags to make hash is always a viable option.


-AR

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Personally, I am not a huge fan of edibles. If it were me( and it has been before...damn lawn clipping!) I would get some bubble bags like Adrenaline Rush said and collect all the trichomes. If money is a problem I have had pretty descent results using a stretched panty hose over a Tupperware bowl. Its not going to be super super pure but that shit works and is only gonna cost you a couple bucks. Hell, now that I'm thinking...you could sift the herb on the stretched panty hose(or you can buy a screen room your local head shop but mine was like 60 bucks) to collect some dry kief and then make butter with whats left. Trust me if you dry sift there will still be some THC in that Herb that will give you great butter. Especially if you got 3-4 OZ. I just made butter from 45grams of heavily vaporized herb then accidentally cooked the shit at 375 instead of like 325 max ooops! probably vaporized most of what was left and the cookies still got me high Good luck to you!

does this smell ou your kitchen a storm?

just spent the last hour grindind down 4 plants of trim with a 1" wide hand grinder time for fun once i get down to the shop though

bubbleinthebrain said:

great! thanks fo nothin!
I'm just gonna wing it....

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I love when people dont get the answer they wanted in a couple hrs so they talk shit. Get sum patience kiddo.

haha.

and i'll answer my own question.

it stinks my kichen out

it stinks my lounge out

it stinks the hall, the bathroom, the bedroom, the entire place out.

buter and cannabis, it's a bit of a funky smell, almost sickly.

5 more hours to go

yup makes your whole house/apt smell like wet buttery plant farts.....in fact it smells alot like collerd greens imo that have been over butterd while cooking....its defently a smell you get use'd to....az

Azgrow said:

wet buttery plant farts....

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Couldn't have said it better myself.


-AR

Can you make anything with that remaining water?? its gotta have some kind of effect on you

NE{growing}PA said:

Can you make anything with that remaining water?? its gotta have some kind of effect on you

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Ya know, that is an excellent question. I have wondered this myself. The last time I made anything, I actually boiled the remaining water down to the point where I had about a cup of sludge. I let that sit in a bowl for a week or two until it looked like all the water was gone. I was left with a a greenish-black substance that had the consistency of somewhere between a cake and brownies. Unfortunately, the only thing I tried was a knife hit with it, which didn't go over too well becuase of the taste.

+ Rep to the person who finds a use for it


-AR

Whats the least amount of time you can boil the cannabutter? Im only doing 8gs per stick and would like to know what is the least amount of time I could pull it off in? 2 hours? 3? or do you think 4 hours is about the minimum? Some quick replys would be greatky appreciated, the process has already started!

I only cooked mine like 2 1/2 -3 hours . I coudnt even make 4 if I wanted to due to how much water had evaporated... do it for 2 hours at least . you will be fine.

So i sorta followed your recipe. I used about 120grams of trim, and 4g of bud with 1.5lbs of butter. Needless to say after I just drained it, was darkkkkk green compared to your pic. I may have made it too strong haha. Will see tomorrow when I try it before I go see 2012 :]

Butter turned out supppper strong the way i did it. Made cookies with 1/3 of it, and the cookies are unbelievable strong. Took 4 and was having everything spin. Passed out 5hours ago, woke up and still feeling it haha.

im all over this like a fat boy on cake ......o wait a fat man on cookies ...lol thanks for the pics they help

Thanks for such a well written post with great pics!

great thread, my cannabutter is cooking now.

this is sort of unpot related but still something tasty to try with your most dank cannabutter while cooking brownies....i like to pour half of the final batter into my cooking pan, then spread a layer of hersheys chocolate bars, and finally cover with the rest of the batter. the end result is a delicious brownie with a melted layer of hersheys chocolate evenly in the middle. beware... potheads have been known to not be able to stop eating these brownies once first consumed and will ultimatley end in couchlock =)

great post 4 more hours to go and im going to have a bake sale lol