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The BEST Cannabutter Recipe for Making Weed Edibles (420 Cooking Guide!)

Cannabutter: the gateway drug… to all other edible recipes! Simply put, if you’re going to be making weed edibles, first, you need a heaping of bang-on bud butter.

Enter the BEST cannabutter recipe on the internet. (I.e. this one!) It’s a bold claim, yes, but where else will you find a recipe for cannabutter infused with the power of SCIENCE?

Truth be told, there’s a lot of science that goes into making cannabutter. AND a lot of practice. There’s just no such thing as a simple cannabutter recipe that gets to skirt the learning process.

  • What’s a good weed-to-butter ratio?
  • What’s the best butter for making cannabutter??
  • How do you make STRONG and POTENT cannabutter right from the comfort of your home???

Today, we answer these questions with science! And a little dash of mystery. While delivering to you the BEST weed recipe on the internet.

Okkkkkkk. So maybe most cannabutter recipes out there are harnessing the science of making edibles.

But The Weed Prof makes it sexy. 😉

The Weed Prof's mascot sitting in a bathtub filled with freshly made weed butter with a cheeky grin on his face after following the best cannabutter recipe on the site.
What’s cookin’ good lookin’?

Cannabutter: Recipe and Ingredients

For the sake of all your weed brownies, edible gummies, and all-Americano recipes for red velvet space cake and other assorted goodies, let’s get that cannabutter cookin’! (Good lookin’.)

The cannabutter recipe below follows the most typical dosage and THC ratio: 7 grams of decarbed weed to 1 cup of butter. We’ll dive into the specifics of weed butter potency later on (as well as handy tips and tools for calculating your cannabutter’s dosage and strength). ALSO, this recipe assumes you already know how to decarboxylate your weed and have done so.

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There are a lot of variations of machines dedicated to making top-tier cannabis butter consistently, each and every time. Some are for decarboxylating, some are for infusing, and some do it all.

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With an array of accessories, a top-shelf infusion device, and a tailored Decarbox to streamline the process, there’s simply no better way to make cannabutter. Of course, if you’re in doubt, the best cannabutter recipe is still up next.

But if you’re actually after the best way to make pot butter and other THC-infused products, the Magical Butter Machine whips you up a stellar serving of sorcery each and every time.


The BEST Cannabutter Recipe

The BEST Cannabutter Recipe

Recipe by Ziggy Samuels

There are a lot of good cannabutter recipes out there, but this one is the best.
One serving of space-faring shenanigans coming right up!

THC/Tbsp

48

mg approx.
Prep time

30

minutes
Cooking time

3

hours 
Calories/Tbsp

100

kcal
Cook Mode

Keep the screen of your device on

Equipment

Cannabutter Ingredients

  • 1 cup 1 unsalted butter

  • 7 grams 7 decarboxylated cannabis

  • 1 cup 1 water (optional)

Cannabutter Recipe

  • In a medium-sized saucepan, melt the butter over a low heat. If you’re using water, add it to the pan as well. The water helps regulate the temperature and prevents the butter from scorching. (Other than cannabuttter machines, this is the classic and easiest way to make cannabis butter, however, make sure your you decarboxylate your weed first!.)
  • When the butter is fully melted, stir in the decarboxylated cannabis. Ensure it’s evenly distributed throughout the butter.
  • Maintain a low simmer (around 160-200°F) for 2-3 hours, stirring occasionally to prevent burning. The mixture should be slightly bubbling but never boiling. This slow-cooking process allows the THC to infuse into the butter.
  • Remove the saucepan from heat after the mixture has finished simmering and infusing. You’ll know the cannabutter is ready when the top layer appears glossy and most of the bubbling has subsided—this indicates that the cannabinoids have properly infused into the butter. The mixture should smell fragrant, like a rich, earthy aroma (i.e. a heavy weed smell), ideally without any burnt odor.
  • Set up a cheesecloth or fine mesh strainer over a clean bowl or jar. Carefully pour the butter mixture through the strainer, allowing it to filter out the plant material. If you’re using a cheesecloth, make sure to squeeze it firmly to extract every last drop of cannabutter.
  • Let the strained cannabutter cool at room temperature. When it’s still slightly warm to the touch but not piping hot, then transfer it to the refrigerator to solidify. This cooling process takes about 30-45 minutes. (If you used water during the process, you’ll notice it separates from the butter as it cools—just drain it off.)
  • Store your cannabutter in an airtight container in the fridge for up to two weeks or freeze it for longer storage (up to 6 months).
  • Check out some of our edible recipes and get cooking! (Ginger space cookies are a fun one.) Alternatively, spread that butter on your morning toast and have a bloody magnificent day. 😉

The Recipe in Action!

Notes

  • Ok, so how about those notes on cannabutter strength and dosing? As mentioned, 7 grams of bud to 1 cup of butter is the standard strength, however, you can try 10 grams for something stronger or 3.5 for something more tame. If you’re struggling with getting the strength of your marijuana butter recipe right, here’s a handy calculator you can use!
  • That cannabis aroma is no joke when making weed butter! Open windows, switch on your stove’s exhaust fan, and maybe get some other fans going too depending on your proclivities for smelling like a grow lab.
  • Be gentle when straining your cannabutter. Over-squeezing can force some stray plant matter into the final product.
  • While unsalted butter is the typical recommendation, there are other great butters for cannabutter too! Ghee (clarified butter) is another solid option, or you can try some healthy alternatives for making cannabis oil (i.e. canna-oil), such as olive oil, coconut oil, or avocado oil.

FAQs About Making Cannabutter

You got questions, and I got buttery smooth answers! With a steep and winding history more decorated than the illustrious roots of Austria’s famous chocolate (cannabis) torte recipe, cannabutter and all its friends have been around the globe only a few bajillion times.

Ready for that sexy science? Well, open wide cause here comes the airplane! The factoids and knowledge-bombs you need to brew the best pot butter are coming right at ya.

Cannabutter is generally done cooking after simmering on low heat for 2-3 hours. The butter will take on a deep green color and your kitchen smells like a fragrant, herbal ganja garden. Make sure you don’t rush the cannabutter cooking process—low and slow is the way to go! Stir occasionally, keep an eye on it to avoid burning the butter, and once you hit that 2-3 hour sweet spot with a glossy top layer and most of the bubbling subsided, you’re good to strain and cool the cannabutter.

Yes, absolutely, unless you enjoy crunchy croutons of plant matter in your weed brownies. Straining cannabutter removes leftover cannabis material, resulting in a smooth and creamy final product. Use unbleached cheesecloth or a fine mesh strainer to separate the weed-infused butter from the plant matter, ensuring to squeeze every last drop of that precious THC out. Skipping this step won’t ruin your cannabutter, edible recipes, or ability to blast off, but it's still a helluva lot more pleasurable without the leafy bits!

The best way to test cannabutter’s potency is to run a taste test! (Teehee.) Eat a small amount—say, half a teaspoon—then wait at least 1-2 hours to gauge the effects as edibles take time to kick in, and everyone’s tolerance is different. If you’re feeling the vibes, it's a hit! If not, you'll know to adjust your dosage accordingly in future batches (and you can also run some quick calculations if you know the THC content of your strain of choice.)

Fear not—there are solutions! If your cannabutter isn’t packing the punch you hoped for, you can either add more decarbed bud and re-infuse the butter, or simply use more cannabutter in your edible recipes. Just be careful not to double up too much—you don’t want to end up on an unintentional journey deep into the cosmic green holes. Lastly, another idea for fixing weak cannabutter is to try making more potent single servings of edibles by adding a few drops of THC tincture to the individual portions.

Freezing cannabutter doesn’t make it more potent, but it definitely helps preserve its potency for longer! THC degrades over time when exposed to light, air, and heat, but storing your cannabutter in the freezer keeps it fresh for up to six months. So, while freezing won’t boost the THC content or the potency of your cannabis butter, it will keep it from losing its edge too quickly.

The Origins of Cannabutter: Millennia of Magic!

Cannabutter: that creamy concoction of butter infused with THC. While infusing butter and other mediums with weed might seem like a marvel of modern cuisine, its roots actually go wayyyyy back. Evidence of cannabis usage for its psychoactive properties date alllll the way back to 2500 BCE China for riutalistic purposes (and potentially even earlier in nomadic groups of the Eurasian Steppes).

A swami holding freshly made bhang from an ancient cannabutter recipe passes the drink to a hippie from the 1960s representing the story of THC-infused cooking throughout history.
The best kinda bhang-buddy. 😉

On the om-nom-nom side of things, humans have been combining cannabis with fats and making edibles with weed for centuries. The earliest known recipes for cannabutter and other THC-infused edibles date back to ancient India (2000 BCE), where a mixture known as “bhang” (often made with ghee, a type of clarified butter) was served at spiritual and religious ceremonies. As a cosmic culinary experience, many people believed consuming bhang connected them with the divine. Fast forward 1000 years, and the Supreme Yogi, Shiva the Destroyer, god of nomenclature, has added Lord of Bhang to their driver’s license with days of worship like Mahashivaratri popping off with a cheeky sip and smoke.

By the 19th century, cannabis found its way into European cooking, mostly in the form of tinctures and infusions. Parisian intellectuals were fond of their hashish-laden delicacies at the infamous Club des Hashischins, where artists and writers would gather to indulge in various cannabis-infused sweets while hon hon hon-ing at the ludicrousness of life.

However, it wasn’t until the hippie era of the 1960s and ’70s that cannabutter truly blossomed as the hot new thing for counterculture cuisine. Pot brownies made their way into kitchens everywhere, solidifying cannabutter’s status as the ultimate stoner staple and creating a swathe of hilarious misunderstandings across the country. Fast forward to today, and cannabutter is no longer just for your mom’s secret bake sale stash—it’s a gourmet ingredient worldwide, used in sweet and savory dishes alike in everything from cannabis cranberry bread to THC-infused hollandaise on your brunch-time eggs benny!

Now You’re Ready to Start Cooking With Cannabutter!

Now your cannabutter is canna-complete! The only thing left to do is start exploring all the tantalizing ideas for cannabutter recipes and pick your fave! (May I suggest some creamy coconut weed pudding?)

If you’re a beginner cannabis chef, your first batch of bud butter might not be perfect. That’s ok! Like all good science, making cannabutter requires experimentation.

So get your (weed) professor hat on! Take notes, record results, calculate potencies, and then refine and improve. While this might be the best cannabutter recipe on the interwebs, the job of making the best cannabutter ultimately falls to you.

And if following a recipe for pot butter still seems like admin compared to the joy of actually recipes cooking with cannabutter, seriously consider purchasing a cannabutter machine. All good cannabutter recipes require consistency, and nothing is more consistent than modern automation solutions!

Either way, once you get the hang of making cannabutter, phew boy. Look out, Universe! There’s a whole galaxy out there to explore, and the only thing that stands between you and it is a couple of space brownies and a dope-ass driving playlist.

Freshly made cannabutter and space cookies served on a wooden board with two astronatus above enjoying space-faring shenanigans.
Bon Voyage! 😉

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Ziggy Samuels
Ziggy Samuelshttps://ziggysamuels.com/
Ziggy Samuels: Writer, Road-Warrior, and Charlie Sheen-Themed Winner. With a passion for recreational and medical marijuana usage, a million opinions on legalization, and a deep insight into indoor growing and hydroponic setups, he coordinates content and dank memes as The Weed Prof's Head of Editorial. Currently, he bases himself wherever the buds are blooming, but you can always get in touch with him through his website, socials, or by creating tiny little smoke signals with a finely rolled doobie.

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