The highest saturated fat content of any oil, coconut oil is the best catalyst for THC. It comes flavorless and can be used as a substitute for butter or shortening. Here’s a wonderfully written article about the health benefits of coconut oil. Definitely have a look: http://www.well-beingsecrets.com/health-benefits-of-coconut-oil/
do you cover crockpot w lid while cooking this
Yes we do. It helps keep in the heat and steam.
Great method. I used some trim to make into cannabis infused coconut oil. One issue though, the trim I used I guess wasn’t too strong and it takes like 8 tbsn’s to get a nice feeling, but that’s too many calories for me per serving, and almost twice daily fat. Any suggestion on what to do with this oil?
Get a Magical Butter machine. Just set it and forget it. Makes the best coconut oil.
Hey Earl: Great suggestion! If you have a spare $180, this is definitely the best way to go. Don’t forget though, that you need to make quite a bit of oil when you go this route- I believe it’s a 2 Cup minimum amount of oil. Since we like our butter and coconut oil really, really strong, we were putting 60 grams of flower into two cups of oil. Yikes. But it worked well. Too well for some people!! We still use the crock pot of double boiler method for making smaller amounts of flower or you don’t have a need to make two cups of oil!! Great suggestion though and thanks!! BTW, we own a MB2 machine and love it. We just use concentrates now with known percentages of THC and CBD and mix that amount into our oil or butter.
What concentrates do you make with Your MB2?
No concentrates actually- just infused coconut oil and butter. When you can work with straight hash oil (and you know the potency), you get far more consistent results.
I just ordered a Mighty Herbal Infuser . Looks like the same thing. Just trying to make the most efficient substance because you have to use so much material.
Wait so you need more weed to use he crockpot method?
Not necessarily. If you want really potent butter, you need to add water to the butter/weed mix to keep the level of liquid high enough to cover the ground weed the entire time. Technically, you could put 1 oz flower into 1 stick of butter, but you need to use enough water (and keep replenishing it as it cooks off) to keep everything wet and from scorching. After about an hour, let it cool and strain everything through a cheesecloth… you’ll have a butter/water combo that’ll smell and look awful, but don’t worry. Put the whole thing in the fridge overnight, and in the morning cut a couple small holes to let the water drain down the sink. The butter you’re left over with is gonna be pretty darn potent, so long as you decarboxylated your weed first!
for those without a crock pot. here is a simple stovetop method.
in a gallon pot, uncovered rapid boil 3 quarts water with ground up weed and oil.
ratio is 28g trim to 1/2 +1 Tbsp coconut oil. i prefer to cook with trim to keep cost down. you can use 7g flower instead but its not going to be stronger trust me, it will just cost more. ive made side by side batches. the 30$oz of trim batch is just as good as the 70$ flower batch
let it boil down most of the way. check on it occasionally and add a bit of water if you want to. you just want it mostly boiled down in bout 90 min
hold mesh strainer above pot and scoop out most of the weed with slotted spoon
move pot and strainer to sink
using hot water, rinse the weed in the strainer over the pot to get as much of the oil as you can back into the pot. this is why you need to let it boil down. need the room in the pot to rinse. do it 3 or 4 times. squeeze it
discard weed. and rub your oily hands together and let it soak in. topicals feel great
cover pot and put it in fridge over night
remove solid oil from top , turn it over and scrape off the sludge.
melt it slowly and strain through cheese cloth or whatever
1/2 cup oil makes a batch of betty crocker snickerdoodles in the red bag if you measure the batter and make 48 12g cookies, each one will be about 40 mg strong.
these are really small and super potent, be careful
1/2 cookie is a good functional “go to work” dose, 2 if its your day off and you want to spend it on the floor
Hey Jedi: This sounds like a solid method when working with a lot of plant material. I’m a bit unclear as to how much coconut oil you used total and what your final yield was though. Perhaps you can share a few more thoughts as this sounds like a very interesting recipe. Thanks for visiting.
Add lecithin. It’s an emulsifier it’ll make it even more potent
Specifically sunflower lecithin
Yes, please get non-GMO sunflower lecithin if you can. It’s the best, and makes edibles more potent :)
I use a very similar technique but with much less coconut oil, about 1 teaspoon of oil for every gram of flower. I also add lecithin. A little on your skin as a topical can be extremely potent!.
One New piece of info I’d like to add….. Instead of straining out the weed, I pour the hot coconut oil/flower mixture into a smooth walled jar, letting it slowly solidify for a couple hours, then put in the refrigerator till its hard. Once it’s hard slide it out of the jar, take a knife and separate the 2 layers. You will end up with a very small layer that has lots of weed in it and, a big layer that’s pure coconut oil and cannabanoids.
Thanks Craigster. This sounds very interesting and we might give this a try some day. Thanks!
I just made this and it turned out GREAT!!!! Thanks everyone for all your input.
Awesome- Thanks for the feedback!
I love this recipe!
Just a few questions.
What is the purpose of the alcohol in the recipe?
Does it alter the flavor of the oil?
And is 230 degrees low enough that it dosent vapourize any of the active chemicals?
Thanks! We have drastically changed our cannabutter and cannacoconutbutter over the past year. The alcohol is not necessary and I’ll be posting new recipes soon. 220- 250 degrees is safe.
common guys, alcohol is NOT needed in any way to make cannabutter or cannaoils. ever.
Hey Happy- You’re 100% right, and as this site is a work in progress, we did indeed used to use a shot of vodka in this butter recipe. I’ve since learned this makes no difference whatsoever in the final product’s potency. We had read once that it helps the cannabinoids ‘jump’ off the leaf when infusing with the butter. This is patently untrue and as you can see I removed that ingredient from the list, but still keep the comments regarding it so people can learn what works and doesn’t work. Thank for pointing this out and keeping on top of your game :)
Thx for keeping the comments………
I cannot drink. Is the shot of vodka necessary?
We have drastically changed our cannabutter recipe over the past year – stay tuned for the recipes! No, the alcohol is not necessary.
How much will this recipe yield?
This recipe should yield around 1-1-1/4 Cups of oil once it’s strained. I always lose some when straining. That weed likes to hold onto the oil, but the more you can squeeze out, the better. Don’t waste any. Another tip- wait a good hour at least after it’s done cooking. It’ll still be liquid and you won’t burn your hands.
I like to take the pulp after straining, and push it through a garlic press. You get a very green thick oil. Make a batch of very nice cookies from it. Not super strong, but definitely good.
That’s a great suggestion Frankie- Thank you for visiting our site and trying out some recipes. We always appreciate those out there who go the ‘extra’ mile in figuring out how to get every last drop of the good stuff out :) Yeah garlic presses!
How much oil would I use for 1/4 oz or for 1/2 oz?
I’ve done this several times, and I use 16 oz, coconut oil (or 14 oz, whatever size container Aldi sells) to an ounce of weed. If I don’t get around to baking, I just make tea, or any hot beverage, and add a tsp or so of the coconut oil to it, and SIP, because the strengths are never really that consistent, as I am not a scientist. Err on the side of caution. The very, very first time I baked brownies, and had no idea how they would come out, got WAY, WAY stoned, like I could not drive or talk for that matter. Way too high. Oh well, live and learn.
Hey Kathy: Thanks for visiting and reporting on your results! Yes, until you’ve done edibles for a long, long time and have a high tolerance, it’s always best to exercise caution. You can always take more, but you can’t take less! Good luck and happy medicating!
What would be the best way to break this down to a sample size recipe. I just got my recommendation and have no idea if it will work for me (never tried it) so I didn’t want to shell out a ton of money. I currently have 1 gram to use any tips for non-smoker/vaporizer?
Hey So Cal- Thanks for visiting the site. Don’t know if you had any luck yet, but 1 gram is a tough amount to work with. You always lose a bit when straining, but what you want to try isn’t impossible! Here’s what I’d do- find an oven save ramekin or dish you can cover with aluminum foil. Ground the weed up fine, because you’re going to eat the whole thing in an oatmeal cookie or something similar. Spread this evenly in your container and fill with just enough oil to cover and no more! We want this to work for you~ Cover with foil and put in preheated 250 degree F oven for 30 minutes + 5 for the dish to get to temperature. Stir once or twice during the process. 35 Minutes total. Take it out and let it cool. Now, when you’re ready to consume the oil, maybe try it on hot oatmeal- everything will stay liquid and gooey, and you probably won’t mind too much the powered gram of plant matter. Another option would be to Google one serving desserts that use 1 or 2 Tbsp of butter/coconut oil (think desserts with a lot of texture to mask the ground weed). Good luck, and be really careful if this is your first time with edibles. Start with 1/2 the dessert and wait at least an hour before eating the other half. Let us know what happens!
IF YA DONT MIND THE PLANT MATTER…. 1 G @300 FOR 18 MIN ON A SMALL PIZZA PAN…PUT IN OVEN BAG FOR TURP PRESERVATION…SHOULD BE GOLDEN BROWN…..DA TO OATMEAL OR SMOOTHY….IVE DONE AS MUCH AS 14 G @ A TIME THIS WAY AND HAVE HAD WONDERFUL RESULTS
I have seen several recipes for the coconut. What do you think about the extraction process taking a few days. After simmering the oil and cannabis leave for 24-48hrs to removal all thc?
Hi Sabrina: from everything I have ever read or experienced firsthand, waiting an additional 24-48 hours will not make the recipe any stronger. I say use it ASAP!
idk if anyone will answer this.. but, how much oil will I need if I’m using a 1/2 ounce to make the cannaoil?
I’d use as little oil as possible- you’ll most certainly have to add water to bring the total volume of liquid high enough to cover the plant material. When figuring out dosage, I add up how much weed I have and divide that by the total number of servings of oil/butter I want. I’d try 4 TBSP. Butter or oil. Then you’ll get on the order of 1/8 oz cannabis per TBSP of oil. That’s pretty strong!
What are your thoughts on water? I have a rare form of osteoporosis that’s led to 15+ vertebral fractures and I’m only 28…I need the strongest possible recipe for my chronic pain…pain killers literally tear up my stomach, liver, kidneys and intestines….I need all the help I can get ;( thanks guys ;)
Hey Garrett: So sorry to hear about your pain troubles. Let’s see if we can help you out a bit- water is sometimes used to bring the level of liquid up to cover all the plant material. We use it when we run very small batches of oil or butter (say 1/2 Cup or less) and want to put as much cannabis in there as possible. We’ll oftentimes run 1/2 Ounce of weed through just 2-3 Tbsp oil or butter. You absolutely need water to bring the level of liquid up to cover the plant matter. Keep your eye on the water and top it off as necessary, as it will evaporate off as you cook it for at least 60-90 minutes. The only trouble with this, is that a lot of oil gets lost in the weed!! Keep experimenting man- please let us know how things work out for you!
i have osteoporosis too it sucks broke both my legs at the same time last year, then my ankle then my wrist. Pills suck! Id much rather have pot!
Really want to see your new recipe! Please post!
Coconut oil is the best!
If you’re slow cooking..why is decarbing necessary?
Hey Mitch- so long as that oil or butter gets cooked for at least 1/2 hour at at least 220°F, (use a candy thermometer) you don’t need to decarboxylation in the oven.
I’ve tried this both ways and the decarb way is definitely better.
Yes, yes, yes… we cannot stress this enough from making far too many edibles where the cannabis was not fully activated, and you get a bunk edible expecting it to be out of this world, and it’s a total… DUD!
Decarb your weed first and foremost please, please, please!!!
The alcohol is not necessary at all.
also covering at all times and not removing the lid helps keep potency due to loss of terps and flavornoids from evaporation.
Darcy- you’re right. It was an old recipe and has since been updated.
I recently made a batch using 1 ounce of plant matter with 2 cups of coconut oil. However, after capsulizing (size O) the finished product and taking 6 capsules,…. I hardly felt anything. I went to sleep and thought I would try a double dosage in 24 hours. The next day around 6pm, I took another 12 capsules and nothing happened. The next day I tripled the dose and besides the coconut oil and plant matter burping bAd breath, I barely felt anything. I am beginning to think that I used too much oil and I hate the fact that I have to drink a cup of oil to get medicated. If I do this again I need to do it right and I need a half a tablespoon to give me an above average decent dose. Can anyone help me with a recipe using 1 ounce of plant matter so I can get a very strong dose in 1/2 tablespoon.
Oh man- so sorry to hear about this. This is our ultimate goal for 1/2 tsp or 1/2 Tbsp to be a good dose! A couple of thoughts on how you may save this batch: How long did you cook the oil for originally? Was the cannabis decarboxylated first? If not, it’s not too late… Put your oil in a small oven safe ramekin and put it in a preheated oven of 250 degrees F. Since the dish will be cold, give it an extra 5 minutes to get to temperature. Wait 30 minutes and take out the oil- if you could watch, you’d see the CO2 bubbles leaving the oil. Another option would be to get more plant matter, decarb it for 30 minutes at 250 degrees F, then run it through your already processed oil again. If it’s any help at all, our minimum is 2 OZ of prime bud per 2 Cups oil, and if I can get more in there, I certainly do. Presently, we use the Magical Butter machine, and that’s about as much as it comfortably holds. Also, depending on your tolerance, capsules processed with canna oil in this manner may never be strong enough. You may consider hash oil/wax/shatter/ as a base material (if available) and figure out how much hash oil you need to feel medicated. Put that amount of hash oil, say in a 1:1 ratio with coconut oil and put that in a capsule. A lot more bang for the buck so to speak. Please let us know what happens- we’ve wasted so many ounces of prime bud experimenting, so please don’t feel too bad!
Chase: I have the same issues. I tried to get off cheap with 1.5 oz per lb of coconut oil and wound up making a less than ideal batch for taking on a cruise ship a few months ago. The bottom line is you gotta sacrifice alot of material for good edibles, hence why it’s usually made with trim/popcorn buds. If you grow, its nothing to use 5oz of sugar leaf for a lb of super potent oil. I also use O size caps i pipe the oil into 1 by 1. Next batch is getting done today with 3 different strains and a lb of oil and 2 oz total plus stems and sugar leaf picked from ground bowls ive saved. Going to try decarbing process first and cooking oil in crockpot with laser thermometer for temp accuracy. Soy lecithin would also be a good addition from what I’ve read. Wish me luck, will report back with effects and results
A guy I knew did 6 ozs per 16 Oz coconut oil for my cannapills.
One and you were off to see your favorite dream characters
Haha! Please do be careful with cannabis though. It can be very fun, but use it responsibly.
My Mother was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer about a one year ago, she has had an extremely difficult journey. She has had two rounds of chemotherapy, one round or Y90 Radiation and now is experiencing liver failure. Jaundice, a weak appetite and depression are a few of her symptoms. I’m wondered what other treatment options she has (such as a liver transplant or a clinical trial) and also how long she has to live. My mother is my best friend and hero, she endures so much as your loved ones do too.but a cousin of mine came to our rescue by ordering this hemp oil from a foundation in US,and so far the medication has proved effective.now my mother can do things she never could do before,i am so happy so i decided to use this medium to alert all cancer patient that with a good hemp oil,you can definitely beat cancer.
good to hear you didn’t lose her before you cured it with this , was the foundation phoenix tears by chance?……
More or less, yes. I watched a lot of how to videos on making oil, and I couldn’t imagine using Naptha like Rick Simpson did, but it did work for him…
Great well this is my first time making cana oil And I think I messed up Well actually someone posted a recipe and I’m following it but after reading all these post in wondering if it will come out ok
Stove top
Boil 2cups of water
Then add 1cup of
Coconut oil
then Lower down add 8grams of cannabis and let it simmer for 2hrs
Well it’s been 30min but after reading all these comments I think 2cups of water and 1cup of oil is too much for 8grams ughhh… I’m not a smoker my husband is so I wanted to surprise him with brownies,but now I feel like crap for experimenting lol any help,
Hey Gigi: No harm in trying with water, and good for you for trying to surprise your husband! We’ve had so many failures here I can’t count them all, so don’t worry too much. With that little flower/herb, you should have just gone straight into the coconut oil. The only reason to ever use water is to bring the total volume of liquid up to completely cover the cannabis while cooking. 8 grams would easily be covered by 1 cup of oil. This has to be covered by liquid the entire time it cooks or it can burn/scorch and lose potency. I’d say not all is lost- keep going the full two hours and then strain as normal. Refrigerate overnight. All the good stuff will still float to the top, even if you used a little too much water :) If all goes well, if the recipe uses 1/2 C oil, figure that’s 4 grams worth of weed for the whole recipe. Let’s say 24 pieces in a brownie recipe and 20% THC for 4 grams of starting material? That’s 800 milligrams THC total / 24 pieces = 33 milligrams THC per brownie. Not bad… Everyone’s tolerance is different of course, and keep in mind that Colorado considers 10 milligrams a single dose. Let us know what happens- not all is lost and don’t give up!!
you are fine. boil the weed water and oil together for 60-90 min. put in fridge over night. remove the hardened oil, turn it over and scrape off the sludge. melt it, strain it through cheese cloth and you are good to go.
Can I get the recipe and time of cooking for 14 fl oz
Hey Farid: We go for the strongest oil or butter we can make. You are talking about the 14 fl oz jar of coconut oil, right? Well, that’s just 2 fl oz shy of 2 cups (16 oz), so I’d still try to get as much flower in there as possible. Our recipe here uses approx. 2 oz ground flower per two cups oil, so you could always start there. Add less if desired, but if you add more flower for a stronger oil, you’ll probably need to add some water to bring the total volume of liquid up enough to cover all the plant material. General rule around here is approx 2 oz flower (60 grams) per pound (16 oz) of oil/butter, etc. Also, remember that you will lose quite a bit of oil when straining- go slowly and squeeze smaller and more amounts rather than trying to squeeze it all out at from one big ball of spent plant matter. You’ll never recover the oil in the center of a big ball of weed inside of a cheesecloth!!! Good luck, and let us know how everything turns out!
I make my canna butter with 1 ounce of the best hydro, no shake or stems, just buds and 16 ounces of non salt butter.I mix my weed with water and simmer for 1 hour then I add the weed and simmer for 2 hours, then I let it cool on top of stove for 8 hours. I do this 3 times total and after the 3rd time, I let it cool for 1 hour and then I strain it using cheese cloth. I put the water and butter in the fridge for 24 hours, then I skim the butter off the top and put in freezer till I use it. My wife says it is the best butter she has tried, I use it to make brownies or chocolate chip cookies, any ideas or does sound good. It does make some awesome brownies.
Hey Daytona: Thanks for sharing this recipe- it certainly sounds like it would do the trick. That’s what I love about making edibles- you really can’t mess them up (unless you decarb too long or short, or make them TOO strong, but that never happens around here :)). We’d love to give your recipe a try someday soon!!
okay, so a few things happened…
1. I left the slow cooker on high and left the house for three hours. (I basically use 1/2 water and 1/2 oil and am SURE that this is why it did not burn)
2. My thermometer is actually for meat and I realize the temperature was probably closer 315 degrees.
and most of all number 3. That shit was potent.
to conclude…if you think you might mess up, adding some water to your crockpot may prevent you from burning it up but I would suggest using the low setting ;)
I accidentally left my crock pot on high and covered for 3 hours (long story) when I checked it the temp was around 250 -260. Will this kill the effects of my batch?
Hi Betty: Haha! We all have stories like that ;) You are still well below the boiling temperature of THC (200 C, 392 F) so you should be OK. I’d say you’ve probably made some sleepy (read: couchlock) oil with the unintended extended cook time. No harm in trying your oil in some cookies, brownies or cinnamon toast :) It should work fine. Please let us know what happens- this is a place for learning and maybe others can benefit from this experience. Thanks for visiting.
okay, so a few things happened…
1. I left the slow cooker on high and left the house for three hours. (I basically use 1/2 water and 1/2 oil and am SURE that this is why it did not burn)
2. My thermometer is actually for meat and I realize the temperature was probably closer 315 degrees.
and most of all number 3. That shit was potent.
to conclude…if you think you might mess up, adding some water to your crockpot may prevent you from burning it up but I would suggest using the low setting ;)
Yeah!! If you’re going to be making edibles with any kind of regularity, I highly suggest investing in an infrared thermometer. They’re cheap on Amazon and our edibles have improved dramatically once you start using accurate heat. So glad it worked out for you!!!
My crockpot only has low or high settings, would you suggest low or high for this recipe? Or should I try and do it on the stove keeping an eye on the temperature (I have a metal meat thermometer, not the laser yet).
Hi Josh: That’s a tough one. If you can babysit the thing and can stir it every 10-15 minutes, I’d go for the higher setting for about 1-2 hours. Under or over heating this is obviously bad though. You want the THC activated, but don’t want to burn it up either with too much heat, which is why we need to use a proper thermometer. You can get a candy thermometer for under $20 at most hobby/craft stores in a pinch. The worst thing ever is to make a sweet batch of butter or oil, make edibles from that butter, and then nothing happens… this has occurred to us more times than we care to remember!! Good luck and please let us know how it goes.
Hello
I would like to try this on a quarter ounce of cannibus I want to start small. How much coconut oil should I use for this amount?
Hi Jay: What I’d do is use just enough melted butter to cover the ground cannabis. Maybe around 1 stick (1/2 C). Don’t forget to decarboxylate your starting material first and if at all possible, keep your eye on this the whole time as making small amounts of weed butter is challenging but not impossible :) Don’t forget that you’ll lose some volume in straining and it’s always best to wait about an hour before squeezing this out as it’s easier on the hands. Better to squeeze a larger number of smaller balls through the cheesecloth than one large ball- there’s no way to get it all out this way. Trust us on this!! Good luck and let us know what happens.
does it smell up the house
This can smell up the house, yes. Remember that with heat, you’re casting off the lighter terpenes which give cannabis its unique smell. Obviously if you live with parents or roommates, this may pose issues, but if you give yourself a few hours to air out the house after, you should be fine. You could also try disguising the smell after the fact by cooking something legitimately good and smelly. Garlic and/or onions comes to mind :)
straining into a cheesecloth(I presoak to prevent absorbtion of goodies) , then squeezing cheesecloth/herb mix to strain( like a teabag )is an effective method to prevent loss of product
Ned- Great advice, and thanks for your input. We’ve also found that squeezing small amounts is more effective than one big, giant ball of weed butter. So much goodness gets trapped inside that big ball!! Thanks for visiting!
The way that has worked great for me is to decarb a qp of popcorn buds and anything better you have to equal 4 oz. grind up and add to 16 oz of coconut oil pre melted in a crockpot. Simmer for 5 or 6 hours and strain with a cheese cloth into a stainless bowl. I then add water to the bowl to help wash out any excess wax and debris. Let that cool and take the hardened slab to use as you like. I load this potent oil into “00” gel caps and it will make hundreds of the with 16 oz oil and 4 oz of smoke. You can take these daily to cut your smoking to zero if you wanted……I take 2 – 4 of these and I’m feeling pretty high most of the day without smoking and when I do smoke it bumps it up to very high levels for I bit. This is how I do it and nobody could change my mind I’m doing it right…..good night and have a pleasant tomorrow
This is fantastic!!! Whatever works for you, please do it. Cannabis is a wonderful herb and it should be consumed however is easiest and best on your body.
Thanks for the recipe. Worked great except low on my crockpot heated it up too much. It wasn’t burned though, so I think it’s okay. Hoping it will be beneficial against my chronic headaches.
I have made a few different batches some worked and some didn’t. I am trying to find a perfect recipe because I make small batches at a time. I have recently been doing more research so I can hone my technique. But I have just learned of decarboxylate I have never done that. I am anxious to add that in and see what happens. Anyways for my question, me and my wife love edibles and really like the stronger batches. So what do you think would be a good dose in flower weight that I should shoot for for only 2 people single dose each?
Hey Maniac2302- This is a difficult question to answer without knowing more information. You’d at least need to know the percentage of THC in the flower you were making oil from. At the end, before I switched to straight hash oil, I used to use 2 oz premium flower in a Magical Butter machine and used the minimum amount of oil possible. It got ridiculous actually, and it tasted so weedy- not that that’s the worst thing, but if you can avoid it, it’s generally better. I think we ended up with an equivalent of 1 gram of flower per Tablespoon of butter or coconut oil. Even at 15% THC content, 1 Gram (1000 mg) x .15 = 150 mg THC per Tablespoon. It worked, but was unrepeatable, we lost a lot of oil in the squeezing/straining too. Not the worst experience, but making straight hash oil is much more consistent. And to be able to have it lab tested, you can precisely dose every time. For you guys, try to see how much flower you can get into a tablespoon of butter or oil. For small amounts, grind it up into a powder to get maximum thc, and cook it in the toaster oven for about 250ºF for 30 minutes + additional 5 to heat up the ramekin or heating vessel. Something a restaurant serves condiments in- some small container like that that’s heat proof. Rather than strain it, put it in some oatmeal cookies to mask the texture, or hell, just some instant oatmeal, man up and eat that shit down! It probably won’t be that bad, I promise. Good luck and let us know what happens. Thanks for visiting.
I use 3 cups coconut oil 3tbspns sunflower lethicin 28 gms flower decarb 240 degrees for 40 min in oven then add all to mbm and run 2 2 hour cycles at 160 degrees . I have a high tolerance one tblspn is all i need hits in a few hours and lasts for at least 6 to 8 hours very strong . I have made it with less oil but seems not to be any stronger so in my experience with the mbm 3 cups to 28 gms seems ideal ..it may be due to saturation . When using less oil i have been able to run the dregs again and got more meds so there may be a saturation level as to how much infusion takes place . Im my experience less oil does not mean more potent or concentrated it means it all did not get infused ..
I use 3 cups coconut oil 3tbspns sunflower lethicin 28 gms flower decarb 240 degrees for 40 min in oven then add all to mbm and run 2 2 hour cycles at 160 degrees . I have a high tolerance one tblspn is all i need hits in a few hours and lasts for at least 6 to 8 hours very strong . I have made it with less oil but seems not to be any stronger so in my experience with the mbm 3 cups to 28 gms seems ideal ..it may be due t
o saturation . When using less oil i have been able to run the dregs again and got more meds so there may be a saturation level as to how much infusion takes place . Im my experience less oil does not mean more potent or concentrated it means it all did not get infused ..
I had that thought as well- I wonder if there is a point at where no more infusion can take place (oil is saturated with thc)?
Hey John: I imagine it’s possible, but it would take scientific equipment that I don’t have the budget for! It would be a lot, I can guarantee you… If it’s any consolation, I mostly work with concentrates, and can tell you I can easily put 1000 mg THC in one Tablespoon of regular butter, put it in a hot chocolate, and it’s a really good night’s sleep for yours truly. Zzzzzzzzz…… The taste is awesome, since we did not use bud to make the butter, but concentrate. You can keep infusing butter over and over, but my problem with it is that the dry bud soaks up so much of the THC’s goodness every time, but if you had enough of it lying around, it would be a fun experiment. It does get weedier tasting with further infusions though. Good luck!
Hi Cookie, I make tincture for my grandson who has Duchenne’s Muscular Distrophy and have been freezing the cannabis that I have strained out of it…Is this leftover material usable to make coconut/cannabis oil with? I thought I had read somewhere that it was reusable to make butter with but can’t seem to find it. I would like to use it if I can but if not to get rid of it…please. Thank you for your time! I am not sure if I can only get the answer here or if you email it as well but I will try and keep watch for it.
Hi Donna: Sorry for the delay. Depending on the strength of the ethanol (75%, 95%) how long you’re soaking the flower in the ethanol, there is probably some THC left over you could use to make butter and/or oil for baked goods. The problem I see is that there is no way you can guarantee the dosage when you’re using leftover material. It can certainly still work, you might just have to do some experimenting… Just be prepared to lose a lot of butter or oil when straining, so you may want to throw an extra stick in there just for loss. Your botanicals will definitely soak up a lot of the fat/oil that simply can’t be recovered. Better to strain 2-3 Tablespoons at a time through a cheesecloth rather than all at once. Good luck and please let us know what happens.
Using all the tips here, I did the following:
Decarbed 9g of small leaf trimmings in a toaster oven with an oven thermometer at 145F for 40 min. Then added 1 1/2 tablespoons coconut oil to the decarbed leaf and also added about 3-4 tablespoons water to make enough liquid to cover the mixture with some extra liquid. “Stewed” it for an hour at ~180F, and poured it through a coffee filter. Poured some extra boiling water on top to rinse more oil off the leaf, ending up with about 3/4 cup filtered liquid. Put in the fridge for an hour to let separate and solidify the coconut oil. Peeled the oil off the top and discarded the water.
I calculated that, if the trimmings were 8% THC, my oil would have about 10mg THC per eighth teaspoon, which after ingesting an eighth teaspoon one night and a quarter teaspoon the next night, I think was over-generous–probably more like 10mg per quarter teaspoon. The third night, I ate a half teaspoon of the leaves, which I had saved, and figure that that had about 8mg THC. (All these numbers, of course, are very approximate, based on my personal reactions compared to my experience eating some dispensary products of supposedly known THC concentration.) Probably I should have cooked the leaf in the oil longer and maybe washed it better at the end.
But, anyway, I’m pleased with the results.
Hey Fred: Glad to hear this recipe worked for you and I admire your figuring out to cover the material completely by adding water if you want really strong oil/butter. The only thing I can see where you might make an improvement is in your decarb and cook temperatures. You state decarbing your leaf at 145ºF for 40 mins and cooking that in your oil/water ‘stew’ for an additional 60 mins at 180ºF. I don’t think that’s hot enough to fully decarb your cannabis. We use 250º F for 30 mins as our standard mark. Perhaps you can try decarbing your flower at a higher temperature or cooking the weed/oil mix at a higher temperature. I suggest trying 250º oven decarb and then 1 hour ‘stew’ time at 200-220ºF agitating frequently to really get that THC into that oil/fat. I even think 60 mins at 250º in your oil/water mix would even do it without an oven decarb. Great job! Please let us know what happens!!
Thanks. I mis-typed: I actually decarbed at 245F, not 145.
Some of my next experiments have been even more concentrated. I’ve been making paste by drying, decarbing, grinding up fine in a nut grinder, straining out any little “twiglets” that might remain, and then adding enough coconut oil to cover, heat for a while to blend the oil with the weed, and that’s all. I end up with a grainy paste that has everything in it except the cooked off terpenes, including the chlorophyl. Tastes a little rauchy, but strong. The last one I did was with 33 grams bud that after all the processing “fit” into 3.5 ounces coconut oil and totaled just under 4 ounces. I figured that, assuming 10% THC, it worked out to about 35mg THC per quarter teaspoon.
Thanks for your advice on cooking times and temps. One problem with the “60 mins at 250º” is that water boils at 212, of course, so that wouldn’t work with an oil-water mixture. Do you know how long it would take to do it in one step (decarbing and extracting) at 212F? (One could add water as some of it boils away.)
Another attempt from years ago: following the directions that came with a “magic hash making machine” I bought that was a distillation device for extracting oil from isopropyl alcohol, i figured out a way to make edibles from shake that worked pretty well and got the water solubles out. First I dried out the shake on a cookie sheet in the oven, then forced the dried shake through a strainer to make it uniformly fine and take out any stem pieces. Then I put the shake in a coffee filter and poured copious amounts of boiling water through it, which I discarded, effective removing the water soluble components. Then I dried the shake again on the cookie sheet. I then mixed the powdered dry shake with sesame butter. Since the mixture was somewhat runny, I added carob powder to make it more solid, finally rolling gum-ball sized balls which I rolled in dried coconut to make it even drier on the outside. I then stored them in the freezer after wrapping each one in foil. They were really strong and some friends preferred to take only a half one at a time. I didn’t do any specific decarbing, not realizing that it was necessary, but I guess the two oven dryings did the job.
I would like to try the boiling water trick on bud, but I’m afraid I might end up losing some of the THC. But if it worked (that is, didn’t lose THC), it would be a great way to make a strong paste that would be sure to have everything in it but the water solubles. What do you think?
Let’s say “the weed taste” is undesirable in a more delicate recipe or sauce, I read that blanching helps or immersing it in water for 3 days and changing water will reduce flavoring from the plant. Do you lose the terpenes along with the chlorophyll? And without the benefits of the “entourage” affect, your “high” would therefore be different, right?
Hi Sam: Thanks for visiting the site. Though we haven’t tried it, we’ve heard that blanching your starting material first will definitely help with the weedy taste. I would look up various ways of achieving this, as I seem to recall the most important thing with blanching weed is to be really careful as to not knock off any trichomes when doing this. I’m not certain how long that process takes either, but 3 days does seem like a long time to wait to have less weedy tasting butter! Have you ever made dry ice kief? You can rig one up with a reusable coffee filter even, and you remove all the plant matter from the trichomes via simple freezing them off and shaking them through a small silk screen filter. Bubble bags are best, but like I mentioned, I have used one of the mesh reusable basket coffee filters in a pinch. Do some research and some experiments and please let us know what happens. Also- you won’t lose terpenes in a careful blanch process.
I live in ky, flower is expensive. how could I get Trim?
Talk to people. Ask. Befriend growers if possible. Offer to help trim in exchange for weed. Good luck!
Hi Cookie,
I’m curious about making a highly concentrated batch of oil to be diluted for use in baking and cooking. The theory is that this will mitigate the heavy cannabis taste that comes from potent infusions. I am going to be using a sous vide method for infusion, which I think will make it easier to get a concentrated infusion while using less oil. I would like to start with a small batch just in case it doesn’t work out, i.e. 1/2 oz with 4 TBLS coconut oil.
Do you have any experience and/ or advice on this? Specifically on how to calculate dosage for a diluted solution. Thank you for keeping up with people’s questions on this thread, that’s really helpful!
~Bobbi-Lee :)
Hi Bobbi-Lee: a million apologies for not getting back to you sooner. Your method sounds good and a solid plan for sure. The only issue with cannabis oil or butter infusions made from cannabis flowers, is that you’d have to make them exactly the same way every time (same strain, weight, amount of oil, etc). Also, your sous vide machine won’t get hot enough to decarboxylate your starting material, so please don’t neglect this step first or you won’t feel any psychoactive effects. Best of luck and let us know how your oil turned out!
so i made some oil last night and i dont think i did it right. I ground up aprox. 14 grams of mid and put it in a crockpot with 1/2 cup of coconut oil and about a cup of water. let it sit for 18 hours as i was told that if you cook longer you dont need to decarb. made some brownies today. ate one 2 hours ago and still not feeling a thing? did i do something wrong?
Hey Dobby: Probably not decarbed. It’s the most critical step actually, and it’s paramount you decarb your weed in the oven first, or make sure your crockpot reaches 250ºF for 30 mins, which is not possible when there’s water in there. So sorry, but all signs point to that as your issue. We’ve made a ton of mistakes over here, so don’t be discouraged and keep trying!
48 grams…now that’s gonna be potent!
I use a Magical Butter Machine.
I’ve gotten potent oil from 36 grams in 3 cups of coconut oil. I decarb in a preheated covered baking dish in the oven at 240F for 50 minutes. I add sunflower powdered lecithin to the oil at 1 tbls per cup of oil.
I’m getting ready for my next batch. I’m gonna use 46 grams in 3 cups.
And I NEVER grind my beautiful buds in a blender or food processor.
Before decarbbiing I gently cut them into smaller pieces using my trimming shears. The MBM does the grinding into the oil. My theory is that it’s best to cause as little disruption to the trichomes as possible before infusion.
Shred: I’ll give you that- we just don’t have the time anymore to go to that extreme, but yes, your method would certainly yield better results especially in a MBM.
Shred: Excellent- you are a person of great passion. Keep up the good work. Also, if at all possible give yourself a tolerance break from edibles for a while. You’d be surprised how quickly your body builds a tolerance to strong edibles.
how long do you cook your batch in the magical butter machine,
and what final steps do you take to complete the oil.
The 1-hour setting is plenty, provided you decarboxylated your weed first.
Quick question, I’m baking brownies with Cana coconut oil. But first I needed to make the oil. I’ve baked for 30 min at 250degrees then melted oil in crock pot and added the hash to the crock pot. Stirring every 30 minutes, I’m into the final hour. I’m wondering, do I have to remove the hash from the oil? Or can I leave the plant in there and bake with it?
Hi Jen: Are you talking flower/trim or hash/keif? Yes, you can leave it in if you don’t mind the slight granular texture of the hash/keif, but best to filter the plant material out, as it can taste harsh. Use good old cheesecloth and squeeze a little bit at a time, instead of trying to squeeze the whole ball of weed/oil at once. You want your edibles to taste good AND be effective :)
Hi!
I have a decarboxilator and a MBM2. I have experience with making non THC creams, but would like to make a THC topical cream for chronic pain relief (similar to Buddha Buddah). I would like to make a THC infused coconut oil in the recipe. The problem I am having, is trying to determine the THC content of the finished product. In order to do this, I need to determine the THC content of the coconut oil. My aim is to have a high THC topical, so would use a high THC bud, as concentrated as possible, and in order to figure that out, I have to have exact weights and measurements for the MBM2. This is where my problem comes in … what is the mathematical equation I would use to figure out the potency of the THC coconut oil, so that I can then determine the potency of the finished product? I do everything by weight, not tsp or Tbsp, for accuracy, and I just can’t seem to get my head around figuring this out. I do realize that the THC/CBD of the bud plays a factor, its just figuring out the math for the concentration of the THC coconut oil. Hope that makes sense!! Thanks :)
Hi Susan: I love to try and figure stuff out like this… I guess the best thing to do is take one theoretical ounce (28 grams) of flower at 20% THC, which equals 5600 mg THC and then divide that by the total amount of coconut oil you use. Say you use the minimum of 2 cups (16 oz) oil the machine calls for and one ounce of weed at 20% THC. This would yield us a total of 16 ounces of coconut oil at 5600 mg THC total, or 350 mg THC per ounce. Not sure if this is the strength you’re looking for, but you could always double the amount of weed or use less oil, but this is a good way to get in the ballpark for figuring out THC content. Best of luck!
When infusing into the coconut oil, is there different psychoactive effects when rendering at 160 degrees vs 190 degrees?
Nope. Just be sure and decarboxylate your weed before you infuse, to make sure you’re dealing with activated THC, not inactive THCA. I’d say anywhere between 170º-190º F for about 30 minutes with decarbed starting material and you should be just fine :)
I only have 1/2 ounce. I ground it up fine baked it. How much coconut oil in crock pot should I use? This is for my husbands prostate cancer. Thanks!
Hi Tina: Sorry to hear about your husband’s cancer. I would take your 1/2 ounce ground weed and mix in with as little oil as it takes to cover the plant matter. A small stovetop pan might be better for this, so long as you watch it like a hawk and do not leave it unattended for even one minute! Cook around 200ºF for around 30-60 minutes, let cool, and take 1-2 tablespoons at a time and squeeze as much oil out of the herb as you can. Squeeze every last medicinal drop that you can, as it’s medicine for you husband. For argument’s sake, let’s say you used 10 of oil for the 14 grams (1/2 oz) of weed. Let’s also assume the weed is 18% THC, so you’d have a total of 252 mg THC if you got every last drop. That’s 25.2 mg THC per ounce (30 ml) of oil. With that amount, I’d say you could make/bake about 10 cookies/muffins, each would have approximately 25 mg THC. A great jumping off point for strong medicine/edibles. Please let us know if you have any other questions. We’d love to help!
Thanks for all the info! Looking to make infused oil for topical balm so flavour doesn’t matter, was considering using shake. After decarbing, can potency be increased by increasing heated infusion time? 12 hours?
I would be careful with additional heating, as THC can degrade to CBN (a more sleepy cannabinoid). This is not necessarily a bad thing, but something to be aware of at least. As long as you are using decarboxylated starting material (240ºF for 30 mins) your actual infusion shouldn’t need more than about 60 mins of constant stirring. Strain, cool and you’re good to go!
Do you have to put on baking sheet or can i put it right in the oil as long as its at 225
I can almost guarantee better results if you decarb your weed on a cookie sheet first. Ground up, spread even layer on cookie sheet and bake for 30 mins at 240ºF. Do not cover. Your whole house will smell like weed, but I promise your edibles will work :) The good thing about decarbing the weed first, is that it’s not so critical (time, temp) when you actually infuse the weed and butter/oil. If you use decarbed weed, you shouldn’t need to infuse the oil/butter more than 1 hour max.
When I made my first batch of butter I used more coconut oil to the ratio of shake, can I just use the same cannibutter and just do the process over with move shake?
Yes, you can always re-infuse oil with more cannabis if you feel it’s not strong enough! Good luck and aim for the stars!
I don’t ever pull my flower thru a cheesecloth etc. I feel I lose something in doing that… not just oil, but thc concentrated flower. Am I wrong in doing this? I blend mine into almost a fine powder. I just feel it’s a waste of time and good flower.
We agree, but sometimes you just don’t want that nasty plant matter in your smooth butter or oil. Have you tried a French coffee press? Potato ricer? If not, try squeezing much smaller amounts of weed butter thru the cheesecloth at a time. It takes longer, but you definitely get more oil/butter this way!
Hi, I have 1 gram of THC Wax that I would like to make into salve, starting with canna oil, but I have no idea where to start. I assume with coconut oil, but not sure of how much, and not sure if the wax needs decarboxylated? Any recipe you can offer?
Hi Judi: I would take your 1 gram of wax and melt that into about 1/2 cup of coconut oil for about 10-15 minutes on medium-low heat. Heat coco oil first, than add wax. Double boiler would be best. This way, all your medicine will be in the coconut oil and you can portion that out for many of the recipes on this site.
Your wax probably is not decarbed/activated, so I would definitely start with 1 tsp coconut oil, turn your oven on to 250º F, get a heatproof ramekin and melt the coco oil first… then add your wax, mix it in thoroughly, as it will be hot and will melt easily into the coco oil… then put back in the oven for 30 mins… after a while, you’ll see CO2 bubbles escaping out of the bottom of this mixture- this means that the oil is becoming bioavailable. Wait until the bubbling stops (approx 30 mins) and your oil is now active. Dump the now activated wax/oil combo into your 1/2 cup coco oil and go from there… you probably should take note how strong your wax is too, as you can do some simple math to figure out how much THC is making it into each edible, jar of salve, cookie, etc… Please let us know if you have any other questions!
This site is fantastic!! Today I am drying. .. trimming and making coconut cannabis oil with t he little buds and trimmings . I have put 48 oz. To 14 Oz of coconut butter. All my first time… can I tell how strong it will be ?
Impossible to tell potency based on this information… Do you mean 48 grams or 48 ounces? Close to 2 oz cannabis in 14 oz coconut oil should be quite strong. Please, please make sure you decarboxylated your weed first! 30 minutes at 240º F spread thin on a cookie sheet will definitely do the trick. Then infuse/make the oil as normal. For argument’s sake, let’s say you were able to extract the full 48 grams cannabis into 14 oz oil… that’s a crazy amount! 3.42 grams cannabis per 30 ml (1 oz) oil… let’s say conservatively at 15% THC, you’d have 51 mg THC per ounce of oil. I’d say this is a good strong starting oil for someone with a high tolerance. Good luck and please let us know what happens!
Will it hurt the potency if I had to put in frig. Over night and then War then finished the last hour and a half cooking today thank you so much for your responses and your time
Hi Zena: No problem putting this in the refrigerator or freezer until you need it. It will not affect potency whatsoever! The only thing that will degrade potencyTHC is too much heat… you can actually boil off THC when cooking edibles, so be careful with high temperatures and extended cooking times. The other thing that will affect edibles is not decarboxylating your cannabis first! You can make a perfect edible, but if the medicine inside hasn’t been activated, you won’t feel a thing :(
I am planning on turning a half a pound of trim into canna caps. Someone please tell me a recepie to make these as potent as possible
Josh: Sounds good. Decarboxylate weed first and foremost. 240º F for approximately 30 mins on cooke sheet. My suggestion would be to then make a coconut oil infusion with your trim (use as little oil as possible to cover your plant material, so it’ll be as potent as possible). Do this by heating your coconut oil to about 200º F and then adding in your plant material until it is well saturated but you’ll want to make sure you use all your trim. It may take up to a cup of oil to cover all that plant matter though. If you’re going to make canna-caps, no need to strain that through cheesecloth- just pack into capsules. Should be a good experiment. Please let us know what happens!
48 grams? That costs like 1000 euros.
I would need to save money for a year to do this
We grow it ourselves, so a couple ounces really is nothing around here. That’s not to make light of your situation, and we were not always this fortunate to be able to grow our own medicine. Best for you is to stick with concentrates and dilute those into butter/coconut oil, etc. Please see directions on how to do this here.
I would like to know how much a serving is? I used this recipe with pretty strong shake, decarboxylated it for 30 minutes and then cooked it in the crockpot for 3 hours and strained it. If just starting to use it as a dose what would be a good dose to start with? 1 TBSP, 1 TSP?
Hi Michelle: It’s a nearly impossible question to answer, but did your oil or cannabis ever reach 240º F for around 30 mins? If not, I’m afraid it won’t be as strong as it could be, but if you’re the cautious type, start small (1 tsp), wait 60-90 mins, and work your way up from there. Good luck!
I’ve been making canna coconut oil & butter for some time, and the trickiest part is squeezing the heck out the cheesecloth. I’ve discovered that a potato ricer or lemon squeezer to a great job to get every drop out.