Cooking With Grandma: The Best Pot Brownies You’ve Had!
the420times | Sep 16, 2009 | Comments 13
Well, maybe grandma never did make pot brownies, but if she did, this is how she would do it. Making pot brownies consists of two processes: first making pot butter and then using the butter to make the brownies.
Follow the recipe below, and you’ll be enjoying your special brownies in no time!
MAKING THE POT BUTTER
When making pot butter, the goal is to extract the THC from the weed and have it absorbed by the butter. As you’ll see, there’s no need to keep the actual pot leaves. Note: The brownie recipe we provide later on calls for 3/4 cups of butter. If you’re planning on using our brownie recipe—which we highly suggest— then double up on the pot butter recipe, since it only yields roughly 1/2 cup of pot butter.
Ingredients:
- Two saucepans
- Strainer
- 1/8 oz. weed (The weed doesn’t have to be ground. You will later be straining the weed, anyways.)
- 1 stick of butter (1/2 cup)
Directions:
- Melt the butter on low heat in the saucepan.
- Once the butter has melted, add the weed.
- Let the butter simmer for about 45 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes. This is the step when the THC is extracted from the weed and absorbed by the butter.
- Strain the pot butter into the second saucepan.
- Refrigerate pot butter until semi-solid.
MAKING GRANDMA’S DELISH BROWNIES
You’ve already made the butter; now it’s time for the brownies. You can use your own brownie recipe and simply use the pot butter instead of the normal butter. But really, you’re probably better off following the easy, delicious recipe provided below.
Ingredients
- 4 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
- 3/4 cup pot butter
- 2 cups white sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Microwave chocolate and pot butter in large bowl on high for 2 minutes or until butter is melted.
- Stir until chocolate is melted. Stir in sugar. Mix in eggs and vanilla. Stir in flour and nuts.
- Spread in greased 13 x 9 inch pan.
- Bake for 35 minutes.
Enjoy!
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i just tried the pot brownies and they’re delicious. it was actually pretty easy. thanks
So for the first time ever I made pot butter, I used a crock-pot method for that though, wow what a smelly mess. Anyway I made a potbutter batch and a regular butter batch (for munchies) of these brownies and although the pot batch still smelled alot like stale pot, they are both pretty great. I added a little almond extract to them too. Thanks.
whynot just spread the butter on toasted raisin bread, save all that cooking effort.
Yummy
Im just going to make the pot butter and put it on a muffin of some kind of bread….or maybe mashed potatoes. So many options so little time.
First I’d like to say that the ratio of cannabis to butter that is mentioned in this article is very low. I use 1 oz cannabis to 1 lb. of butter. Second, NEVER cook it in 45 minutes, it does nothing to cook it that fast. I use a crockpot and let it simmer on WARM overnight from 12 to 24 hours. That way you get a nice totally infused cannabutter. I also use CHEESCLOTH with a strainer. That way you get out most of the “dirt”. I save the strained weed and use it to make PESTO! Didn’t think of that, did you?
And finally, NEVER EVER bake at 350 degrees F. THC burns at 350 degrees! Lower the oven to 325 degrees F. and you’ll be fine.
Please pay attention to what Kitchguy420 says, the weed amount is way too low and 45 mins won’t give the THC time to blend to the butter. Make sure you commit enough pot and time to the recipe and DO NOT waste your good smoking weed. That is not a mistake I will make again.
Thanks 420KitchenGuy, good tips. One thing though, if you use 1 lb butter / oz weed, then you are using 1/4 oz weed / stick, that isn’t too far off of the recipe. (it’s double, sure, but I often see the amount expressed as a range, 1/8 – 1/4 for instance). Still, great tips and thanks for the further clarifications.
wonderful recipe. the information from 420KitchenGuy is insightful too. there are many methods of making pot brownies, including using volcano vaporizer leftovers.
I love melons…
how many of the brownies ahould we eat????
Q…if i choose to add the scraps after simmering….wont that add more of the CBD and CBN effect??? “dopie” as I understand it….Thc, CBN and CBD are the three main active ingredients…THC does bond w/ the lipids in the fat content of the butter”kinda like in our bodies…but what about the other….ok THC leaves you w/ that high feel good….CBN, from what I know is mainly a carcinigen….BUT!!… CBD, gives u that heavy effect….Thats what im after…..ANY ADVICE
Oh no! My brownies are cooking now and I set it at 350 degrees. I just turned it down but there’s only ten minutes left. Hope they still come out okay. I also used cocoa powder with shortening as per the instructions on the cocoa can. Didn’t have the bars.