Make Butter Better, the Ultimate Recipe for Cannabutter

phreakygoat

phreakygoat

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i've had edibles kick in w/in 30min before, i've had ones that kicked my ass after 2 hrs after eating. it all depends. how ya feeling?
 
Stoney McFried

Stoney McFried

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Great tutorial.+rep.
tusseltussel said:
hope it helps




Use your crock-pot; start off on high (@300 degrees F) with 2 cups of water per stick and 1/3 of butter. This will yield about a stick or a bit more (1/2 cup) because some is lost during the filtering process.


Now add the bud -- in this case about a quarter of finely chopped prime outdoor AK47 cross. Don't forget those stems as they contribute too! You can use up to a ½ oz of bud per stick, or even more trim -- up to 2 or more ozs. Just be SURE to increase the water as you increase the amount of plant material.



Cook on high, stirring and mashing occasionally, for about 3 hours. Then reduce the heat to low (@ 150 degrees F) for a further 3 more hours. This will yield a dark oily liquid with the wet mass of leaf material mixed in.




To separate the plant matter, go to Walmart (or any fabric store) and purchase a length of cheesecloth -- it is cheap. Attach a TRIPLE LAYER of cheesecloth to a plastic cup large enough to hold the entire contents of the crock-pot -- be SURE the cup is large enough BEFORE you begin to pour!

Try to pour just the liquid through the cheesecloth, but invariably, some plant matter will fall onto the cloth -- no worries -- keep pouring. When all of the liquid is poured, use a wooden spoon or something similar and SLIGHTLY mash the plant matter in the pot and the top of the cheesecloth to squeeze as much butter as you can out of the material.... DO NOT SQEEZE TOO MUCH... just a bit... too much squeezing will put WAY TOO MUCH nasty MJ taste into the butter and WILL NOT improve the potency!




Set the cup in the refrigerator (NOT the freezer!) for a couple of hours -- the butter will gradually rise to the top of the water and harden into a greenish cake. Doing a good job of filtering will reduce the green shade, approaching a yellow, butter like color. This is GOOD!

Note this fresh, hot batch, I find that a pasta keeper is the best thing to use because it gradually widens toward the top -- this allows for easier removal.



Once the butter is VERY firm, take the cup out and stand over your sink. Hold your one hand over the top of the cup and invert the cup. The plug of butter will stay in the cup and hold the water in as well. Squeeze the sides of the cup (this is WHY you use a PLASTIC cup to begin with!) in the wastewater area, to coax the butter plug out the top. Carefully rinse any silty green slime off of the bottom of the butter plug -- this stuff is NASTY and contributes 90% of the icky taste.



If care was taken, the view form the ?water side? of the plug should yield similar to the one shown.



Here?s the 'air side' view of the same plug up close. You will never be able to clear the dark green color caused by the minute solution-suspended particles of plant matter (if you do, PLEASE share with me!), but the golden color edge is almost completely clear of the green matter -- ideal.




And finally, a shot of the cake re-melted (about 30 seconds to 1 min in the microwave) and ready for use in your favorite recipe! Even though the liquid has a dark green cast to it, it?s still almost free of plant matter... Enjoy!

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tusseltussel

tusseltussel

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Stoney McFried said:
Great tutorial.+rep.
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i cant take credit for that post if you look at the post b4 it i say it comes from the growfaq. the growfaq is a great thing a lot of ppl dn't check it but most things can be found there... it could use some updating hear and there but it has most all you need to know........ i thought you knew that Stoney
phreakygoat said:
i don't know if you realize this stoney, but tussel just grabbed that from the FAQ... lol
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you got it
 
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Michael Phelps

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Alright so i took a half o of chornic, 4 sticks of butter and made a thing of brownies, and a thing of cookies.

Def pretty bad ass, the brownies are more potent because there is less other ingredients then the cookies.

But none the less a had 2 1/2 cookies and a brownie today and i have been high since 10:30 this morning, def made Christmas shopping interesting today haha.
 
TCurtiss

TCurtiss

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Michael Phelps said:
Alright so i took a half o of chornic, 4 sticks of butter and made a thing of brownies, and a thing of cookies.

Def pretty bad ass, the brownies are more potent because there is less other ingredients then the cookies.

But none the less a had 2 1/2 cookies and a brownie today and i have been high since 10:30 this morning, def made Christmas shopping interesting today haha.
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Did you use the crock pot?

Glad to hear it works

I am shopping tomorrow for my crock pot

I may make 2 batches, one indica and one sativa batch

Now does it matter if you bud has cured?

I just dried my buds out 2 weeks ago should I wait or should I just do it?

Thanks and happy holidays everyone :weed:

T
 
phreakygoat

phreakygoat

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buds don't need their moisture redistributed, aka cured, before making butter. just needs to be potent.

m.phelps... nice dude, glad to hear your success.
 
Stoney McFried

Stoney McFried

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Doh.I haven't read that part of the faq.I've only read the stuff about growing.
phreakygoat said:
i don't know if you realize this stoney, but tussel just grabbed that from the FAQ... lol
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Alrighty, nice copy and paste.:-?
tusseltussel said:
i cant take credit for that post if you look at the post b4 it i say it comes from the growfaq. the growfaq is a great thing a lot of ppl dn't check it but most things can be found there... it could use some updating hear and there but it has most all you need to know........ i thought you knew that Stoney

you got it
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TCurtiss

TCurtiss

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I have some going now

13 grams of dank bud

2 sticks of butter 4 cups of water in the crock

Started @ 2pm west coast time
 
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