Failed cannabis brownies. Why?

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Jaqzi

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So I tried to bake some brownies with the special ingredient and it failed. After 5 hours of waiting period I got nothing. It tasted like bud after all. I prepared the cannabutter before making brownies. I took smaller pot in which I melted the butter and mixed with bud and put it into a bigger one with water and kept it heated. I kept it like this for over 1 hour stirring occasionally.

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After that I separated butter from the bud and threw out the waste. I melted chocolate in this butter straight away (using same technique with 2 pots). There was about 1g of bud but normally it takes about 0.2 to get pretty stoned and if I have smoked that 1g I would have gotten in coma (probably :D).

Could it have been because I didn't heat the butter with bud long enough? Or maybe because I ate these brownies as a dessert after the dinner? And did I have to leave the cannabutter to get solid before using it? I am planning to bake something again and I don't want to make same mistakes.Thanks guys!
 
StewartWarner

StewartWarner

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i would use alot more bud, see the plant material and thc may weigh 1g and u just took out only the thc so thats most the weight right there. so your left with the small ammount of thc which then is spread out throughout the brownies = lower dose. my experence you need to use a half ounce ;) that makes good brownies. hope this helps GLHF
 
Bakatare666

Bakatare666

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1g for 1 stick of butter?
1 stick of butter for 1 batch of brownies?
Really man, read more of the recipes in here, I haven't seen any of them that use less than 14-20g for a batch, or to make butter with.
I made a quick lazy batch before Thanksgiving, and I used over 17g of trim and popcorn bud for a batch, and even that wasn't too strong.
 
sunni

sunni

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1g for 1 stick of butter isnt enough sweetie, try reading some recipes here!
 
cannabineer

cannabineer

Ursus marijanus
It's possible the butter never got hot enough. At some point, the butter needs to be brought above water's boiling point. This'll decarboxylate the orally-inactive THCA. And bud and hash, if they're reasonably fresh, have most of the actives bound up as THCA and CBDA. cn
 
racerboy71

racerboy71

bud bootlegger
cannabineer said:
It's possible the butter never got hot enough. At some point, the butter needs to be brought above water's boiling point. This'll decarboxylate the orally-inactive THCA. And bud and hash, if they're reasonably fresh, have most of the actives bound up as THCA and CBDA. cn
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what's the best temp to decarb canna?? like 240 or something like that?
 
racerboy71

racerboy71

bud bootlegger
cannabineer said:
It's possible the butter never got hot enough. At some point, the butter needs to be brought above water's boiling point. This'll decarboxylate the orally-inactive THCA. And bud and hash, if they're reasonably fresh, have most of the actives bound up as THCA and CBDA. cn
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what's the best temp to decarb canna?? like 240 or something like that?
 
cannabineer

cannabineer

Ursus marijanus
racerboy71 said:
lol, duh, i missed the part about it decarbing the same temp as boiling water, sorry to be redundant cannabineer.. damn blue dream..
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Never a worry. It's the sort of info I don't mind repeating ... it might save folks disappointment with edi-meds that could have been strong. cn
 
racerboy71

racerboy71

bud bootlegger
cannabineer said:
Never a worry. It's the sort of info I don't mind repeating ... it might save folks disappointment with edi-meds that could have been strong. cn
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i've made one batch and those things were retarded strong.. that's why i never understand why people have problems with edibles.. they can be wicked potent if done correctly ime.. :bigjoint:
 
drolove

drolove

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not enough weed man!! i put anywhere from 7-14 grams of GRADE A bud in my brownies. sounds like your on the right track though. next time add at the very least 7 grams.
 
cannabineer

cannabineer

Ursus marijanus
The other best bit of advice I can give is "use a thermometer" ... don't decarb by "feel" unless you have experience ... cn
 
racerboy71

racerboy71

bud bootlegger
cannabineer said:
The other best bit of advice I can give is "use a thermometer" ... don't decarb by "feel" unless you have experience ... cn
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that's some solid advice imo.. i just took mine to a simmer, and left it like that, so just a bit below boiling point, i think i done did good.. :D
 
polyarcturus

polyarcturus

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racerboy71 said:
i've made one batch and those things were retarded strong.. that's why i never understand why people have problems with edibles.. they can be wicked potent if done correctly ime.. :bigjoint:
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thats what im saying ive never had a prob making edibles, and i know ive never done it correctly. or at least with any science behind it, but i do know i use brick or trim for edibles and i use about a oz or more in some cooking oil. i just cycle it out, and put fresh in when i feel the old stuff has extracted enough.
 
PJ Diaz

PJ Diaz

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brimck325 said:
1 oz. per stick here. i mix water, butter n bud in crockpot on low for 8-12 hrs.
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water, butter, and bud cooked long and slow is really the only way to do it right.

You can stuff way more weed into the butter when you add water to the mix as well, plus you get a much cleaner end product. You can make hallucination cookies from fan leaf!
 
J

Jaqzi

Member
drolove said:
not enough weed man!! i put anywhere from 7-14 grams of GRADE A bud in my brownies. sounds like your on the right track though. next time add at the very least 7 grams.
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Well, I ate the whole thing after baking it. As I said, 1 gram is pretty a lot to me as I don't smoke frequently. I used 1 gram with 100 grams of butter. If you need so much bud to bake proper brownies I suppuse I should stick to smoking it :)

Thanks for advices guys!

EDIT:
So should I wait for cannabutter to get solid after making it or it's not essential?
 
fandango

fandango

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De-carb?good idea there/I skipped that part before.

the way I have been doing it works pretty well/so next time even better.

Recipe:
28g sugar leaf
1 1/2 stick butter
1 pint water
small crock pot set on low for 12 hours after a high setting for 2 hours/stir the brew during high.
1 qt. mason jar
mason fruit canning filter
rubber gloves
squeeze the batch into the jar thru the filter
place the mason jar in the refer over night
get a betty crooker bag of cookie mix/or brownie mix...the one that calls for one stick of butter.
makes 16 large cookies.

ps...stay home after eating one of these bastards!
 
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