Cannabutter instead of oil for brownies?

[SweetIndica2]

I just have a quick question, because i'm making some butter for the first time today. I want to make some brownies with the butter, but the box of brownies calls for oil instead. Can i use butter instead? If so, how much butter should i use to compensate for the 1/2 cup of oil it calls for?

 

[crftymofo]

I was told no. I have personally never tried it. Look around. there are some that use butter in the ingredients. if you haven't made the butter yet you could kif it and sprinkle that in the mix.

 

[SweetIndica2]

I have been told you can use it, from a search on google. But i don't know how much to replace it with. I have already made the butter. Putting kif in the mix wouldn't work because you need to dissolve the thc into some type of fat or alcohol first. Some might be dissolved into the oil when cooking the brownies, but not much.

 

[beej]

Why don't you make some "no bake cookies". They are the ****ing shit dude. The recipe I found on google calls for 1/2 cup of butter.

 

[SweetIndica2]

I am making some cookies too, but brownies are my favorite. I guess i'll just replace the 1/2 cup of oil with a 1/2 cup of cannabutter or something.

 

[dope_roor]

just replace it, it should be fine. ive made countless batches. brownies will have an extra rich taste to them. ive even used a combo of oil and butter (say if i only wanted to use a 1/2 cup of butter when recipe calls for 2/3 cup of oil, you can just throw some oil on top of the butter to make the diff)

 

[QueenofGreen]

I use the butter instead of oil all the time. I even put in a little extra. It's fine. It just means you need some lipids in the mix which = fats!

 

[SweetIndica2]

Thanks, yea i actually want ahead and made some this morning. It called for 1/3 cup of oil (ghiradelli mix), instead i put 1/2 cup of the butter and used a little butter to grease the pan. It said to set the oven to 325, but since i heard anything over 300 can activate the THC, i turned it down to 275 and let it cook for a little longer than the box said. They came out very nice, very dense and fudgy and have a very nice taste to them. I'm actually eating one as we speak lol. Thanks for the advice everyone.

 

[SpacedCWBY]

Glad you did well with the brownies! I just made some the other day too. I used 1/2 cup butter instead of oil, as you did. I mixed 3 sticks of butter with about 4 ozs of potent trim and put it in the crock pot for 24 hours. Knocked my socks off. Edibles are fun!

 

[crftymofo]

Try it.
It is a little different than oil. The kif doesn't need to disolve into anything because it stays in the brownie. If you don't believe me eat some kif and tell me I am wrong

 

[SweetIndica2]

It's a plain scientific fact, THC will not activate by eating itself. Hence, why eating bud or kief or hash would not get you high. THC is not water soluble, it needs to be dissolved into some type of fat or alcohol. A tiny bit of the kief might get dissolved into the butter/oil when making the brownies, but not much, why do you think you have to cook the bud in the butter for several hours to dissolve the THC into the fat.

Infact, a friend was so intent that eating/snorting kief would get him high that i gave him some to try it (this was several years ago). After snorting a nice amount, he didn't feel a thing.

 

[Papulz]

thats misinformation sweetindica2. eating bud or hash would and does get you high.. try it. it simply can take more than an "activated form". some people complain about it being hard on their stomach, and it might not always be a sanitary choice depending on the circumstances. when there is a discussion of activation whats really being talked about is a chemical change that happens to the THC molecule. when heated properly you can DECARBOXYLATE the molecule.. changing it to a more readily absorb able form. snorting a thc preparation would just be a bad idea to begin with imo, and would be a painful waste.

note > i didnt pull most of this information out of hashish, by robert clarke. or from my own experience. please don't spread misinformation.

 

[crftymofo]

A tiny bit of the kief might get dissolved into the butter/oil when making the brownies, but not much, why do you think you have to cook the bud in the butter for several hours to dissolve the THC into the fat.

you don't dissolve the kif into the butter. you put it in the brownie mix. The reason you need to boil when you are making butter is because you need to draw the thc out. I know the only reason I do it is because myself personally do not like chunks of herb in my food.

Infact, a friend was so intent that eating/snorting kief would get him high that i gave him some to try it (this was several years ago). After snorting a nice amount, he didn't feel a thing.

Don't even know what to say about that. Did he put the crushed up smarties in it? It needs that to dissolve into that first.

 

[SweetIndica2]

Your just proving my point further, THC IS NOT WATER SOLUABLE! It takes several hours for the thc to be activated into the butter, putting plain kief in a brownie mix and cooking it will not be an efficient way of making brownies as first of all they only cook for about a half hour, secondly, you didn't cook the kief into the butter first...so eating it will do nothing.

You obviously have not researched this subject, you don't cook the but into the butter to get the thc seperated from the bud, you cook the bud in the butter because it's need to be dissolved into a lipid. Even if you use kief, you still need to dissolve the thc from the kief into the butter, or else it will not get you high when you eat it. I don't know how you can't comprehend this. But, i'm not going to sit here and argue with you. If you want to continue your rant, then pm me.

 

[crftymofo]

like I said try it. You are right I have not researched it. I have only done it for years with excellent results. Do this. by some ready made cookie mix. put in some fine quality kif. bake eat and come back here saying it doesn't work.

 

[SweetIndica2]

I'm not going to use a method that is wrong, your argument is against scientific facts. THC is not water soluble, until it is then stop trying to act like you are right.

 

[crftymofo]

you are right that thc is not water soluble. Like I said you are not trying to dissolve anything. If I am wrong please point me to this scientific fact that eating marijuana will not get you high unless you first dissolve it in fat, or alcohol or anything for that matter.
I don't say someone is wrong unless I am 100 percent sure I am right. You might want to do the same.
so please prove me wrong, or just don't answer and prove to everyone else that I am right.

 

[kiwi quad]

i can still remember when me and my mates were young we ground up 1/4 pound and used it like flour in a cake and it tasted like crap but i was seriously stoned so much it was a bit too intense,another thing we used to do was squeeze a cap of oil into a melted piece of chocolate and mix it up while its still hot,put in the freezer for a few minutes to cool and then your on your way

 

[D0nC0smic]

trust me, if you flat out eat a big chunk of hash you will be stoned out of your mind, probably for alot longer than you are comfortable with

 

[crftymofo]

yeah, and remember to have plenty of snacks around. nothing is worse than having the munchies and having nothing to eat but the special treats. along the lines of don it is hard to get at that right level. it is like taking shots. right now your good. but in a half hour your going to be on the floor.