I've made all the butters, tinctures, gummy bears brownies and cookies. I've even made bread and then made that into bread pudding!
My crock pot heats at 190 degrees. That is the temperature I prefer for infusing mm into alcohol. A few canning lids in the bottom turn it into a double boiler. The level of the hot water in the crockpot must be even with the alcohol inside the jar to distribute the heat safely. I use 2 quart mason canning jars per fifth and put one cup of ground trimmings (one cup of ground dried herb is two ounces) with half of a fifth of (everclear 190 proof is better but 151 rum works and has a nice flavor, 150 proof vodka works as well) in each jar. I stir with a washed and dried bamboo skewer. once it is at temperature it only takes about ten minutes. There is also a cold method that takes about 6 weeks. Thermometer is a must have. EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE I have not had problems, but i use a crockpot and my stove is a flat top with no burners. Doing this over a gas stove would be insane imho. The finished product is dispensed via eyedropper into coffee, tea, soda, milkshakes, mixed drinks, recipes. does not take much so the alcohol is not really an issue but IT IS STRONG tasting so experiment. This process is not smelly when done cold, and is only stinky for a half hour or so if using the hot method. The stink is more alcohol then herb I think? You could make some home made kaluah at the same time and blame the smell on that if it came up?
I use the same crockpot for making butter. two cups of water and a pound of unsalted butter heat in the crockpot on low till melted then add a cup (or two) of your herbage ( I always use ground but other opinions exist as to the best method) let simmer at 190=200 degree range for 8-10 hours. devise a straining system keeping in mind that the butter/water mix is hot as a skillet that makes water dance. I lay my cheesecloth in a strainer that sits in my canning funnel (wide mouth made to fit into canning jar) that I fit into my blender lid that is on the blender vessel. just get it through the cheesecloth into something clean (no plastic) without burning yourself and you win. put on some cloth gloves and then some rubber gloves over that before you start. at the end you have a cheesecloth full of green glob that you must press/squeeze/twist all the butter out of, there is a lot in there still. You will see the water and butter not wanting to hang out together, stick it in the fridge (covered so you dont drop crumbs into it) overnight and the next day stick a fork into the butter and pull it out. leaving the water behind. use for cooking. The nasty looking stuff on the butter is the best part! I trim it off and use it for a personal batch of oatmeal peanut butter chocolate chip cookies.
All of that fancy crap is good but I honestly prefer to-
a: make brownies with Ghirardelli Ultimate fudge brownies as directed then add 1 cup ground herb that is mixed with olive oil to match the viscosity of the brownie mix. Then I add a cup or two of nestles morsels. If I am really feeling decadent I replace most of the water with chocolate syrup. cook at 325 degrees, not 350 as directed, dont want to burn the trichomes. Needs a little extra time for cooking but be careful not to overcook. Don't have anything planned, start slow. Eat just a little at first, I have seen parties ruined with this recipe. (everyone fell asleep) This can be an overwhelming body high couch lock.
b: place two sticks of unsalted butter in a skillet or saucepan over low heat. Mix in one cup of ground herb. be careful not to overheat but let it cook a bit. (190 if you have a thermometer) . after a simmer I let mine set a bit to harden up enought to roll up in wax paper about the size of the original stick so I can cut some off for cooking as needed. Keep in freezer if you have excess. can be used in any recipe calling for butter or oil.
GOOGLE IS YOUR FRIEND and you can find more detailed instructions, youtube videos and a crapload of other information that I am way too high to sit and type. google keywords are cannabutter cannacooking cannawhatever. My friend that makes the best gummies I have seen and I started a video for gummies but it was on my birthday and we were way way too far gone. at least I was. So maybe we will get our shit together and do the series we want to do. Good luck experimenting and have fun!!
edit: you can use bud instead of the trimmings if you dont have access, let it sit out for a few days to make sure its very dry. obviously it wont take as much, about 25% i am guessing. And when I say trimmings I am not talking about vegetive state prunings, but the manicure trimmings and lower branches with less developed buds.
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