The Beginner’s Guide to Easy Cannabutter Recipes for Every Occasion
Written by Chris Weatherall on Jul 11, 2019
If you’re anything like me, you’ve tried cannabis edibles bought at the dispensary and found them to be fantastic. Of course, now you want to make your own, because cooking is your passion, or maybe just a great outlet for your creative juices. Making your own edibles with marijuana is easy enough. All you need to do to get started is make the cannabutter and then follow any recipe, substituting the cannabutter, in part or all, for regular butter. We can start with the following basic recipes.
But First: The Cannabutter Recipe
The first thing you will need to do is to decarboxylate (decarb) your cannabis in order to unlock its potency. If you don’t, you will end up with a weak or inactive product. Once you have done this, you’re ready to make the cannabutter. Use the handy cannabutter dosage calculator on our website to help you figure out the exact amount you will need. Don’t forget, the THC in the bud will determine how strong your cannabutter is.
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Cannabis Recipes on this page:
Drinks
Cannamilk
Making cannamilk is easier than cannabutter:
- Pour a half gallon of milk into a pot and heat to simmering – do not let it boil!
- Add ½ ounce finely ground cannabis and let simmer for a half hour, stirring gently.
- Strain through a doubled cheesecloth into an airtight container, let cool, cover and refrigerate for use.
Breakfast
The most important meal of the day can make your day really chill by adding cannabutter to it. Let’s try mini canna-pancakes with syrup.
Mini Canna-Pancakes
This recipe takes about 15 minutes to make and makes about 40 mini pancakes.
Ingredients
- 1½ cups flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1¼ cups milk
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 1–2 tablespoons cannabutter *, melted and cooled
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 1 banana, sliced (optional)
- ½ cup raspberries (optional)
- Syrup (optional)
- 2 teaspoons canola oil (for use in pan or griddle)
Directions
- In a medium bowl combine the dry ingredients. In another bowl whisk together the milk, melted butters, and egg.
- Gently pour the milk mixture into the dry; mixing until dry ingredients are moistened—some lumps are fine.
- Heat a pan or griddle with the canola oil to medium. Using a tablespoon, pour the batter onto the pan. You can do a few at the same time; just allow room to use a spatula to flip the pancakes. The pancakes will bubble and tiny holes will form on the top of the pancake, signaling time to flip to the other side. Pancakes should take about two minutes per side.
- Pile the pancakes on a platter and top with sliced banana and berries and a drizzle of syrup.
* The amount of cannabutter used depends on the strength of the THC and the potency you desire. Start with the small portion of a serving and wait one to two hours to make an informed decision on whether to consume more.
Eggs Benedict with Hollandaze Sauce
How about eggs benedict with an infused hollandaise sauce? This is one of my favorites and will make Sunday brunch an experience to remember! It takes approximately 20 minutes to make and makes two servings.
Ingredients for Hollandaze Sauce
- 3 large egg yolks
- 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1- 2 Tbsp cannabutter *, melted and warm
- ⅓ cup unsalted butter, melted and warm
- ⅛ tsp cayenne pepper
- Salt and pepper to taste
Ingredients for Eggs Benedict
- 2 English muffins, halved and toasted
- 4 pieces of bacon, ham, or veggie of your choice
- 1 Tbsp white vinegar
- 1 Tbsp Kosher salt
- 4 eggs
- 1 ½ Tbsp chives, chopped (optional)
Directions
- Heat the protein or veggie of your choice and place on English muffin halves.
- Heat a small pot of water with the salt and vinegar to simmer. Place a ladle in the water and crack an egg into it and slide into the water. Repeat with other eggs.
- After 3 minutes take eggs out of the water with a slotted spoon and gently place on top of the protein or veggie.
- Blend egg yolk, lemon juice, salt, and pepper in a blender on high for 20 seconds. Then slowly start drizzling melted butter and cannabutter in a thin stream until fully incorporated.
- Once the sauce is thick and creamy, gently spoon over eggs, garnish with chives if desired, and serve immediately. Enjoy!
* The amount of cannabutter used depends on the strength of the THC and the potency you desire. Start with the small portion of a serving and wait one to two hours to make an informed decision on whether to consume more.
Lunch
I never have time for lunch during the week, but on weekends, it’s nice to have a late brunch or lunch and munch on something dank and yummy!
Broccoli Cannabis Quiche
Now this one also asks for cannamilk, but if you don’t want too much chillax going on, you can always use regular milk. This makes 6 servings (slices) and takes approximately 45 minutes, including baking time.
Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons cannabutter *
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 2 cups fresh broccoli, chopped
- 1 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust
- 1 ½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 4 eggs, beaten
- 1 ½ cups cannamilk *
- Salt and pepper to taste
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Melt Cannabutter in a large saucepan over medium-low heat. Be careful of the heat! Too much will break down potency.
- Add onions, garlic, and broccoli. Stir occasionally until the vegetables are soft.
- Spoon cooked vegetables into unbaked pie crust and sprinkle with shredded mozzarella.
- Combine eggs and cannamilk. Season with salt and pepper. Pour egg mixture over vegetables and cheese.
- Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes.
* The amount of cannabutter used depends on the strength of the THC and the potency you desire. Start with the small portion of a serving and wait one to two hours to make an informed decision on whether to consume more.
Cannabis-Infused Spicy Chicken Wings
This recipe is even great for a party with its light and sweet cannabis flavor with just a touch of heat! This makes approximately 12-14 pieces of chicken and takes 45 minutes of prep time and 30 minutes in the oven
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- 2 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp salt
- Dash black pepper
- Dash cumin
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 cup Frank’s Original Hot Sauce
- 1 pound chicken
- 1/3 cup cannabutter *
- 1/3 cup Frank’s Original Hot Sauce (separate from above)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Sift all dry ingredients together in large bowl.
- Fold chicken into seasoning mix and place on a lightly greased pan.
- Mix together 1/4 cup melted butter and 1/4 cup Frank’s Red Hot in small bowl and dunk pieces of chicken into the mixture before replacing on pan.
- Place chicken in oven, turning over once after 15 minutes.
- Mix together 1/3 cup melted cannabutter and 1/3 cup Frank’s Red Hot and heat – set aside.
- Once chicken is out of the oven, drizzle cannabutter mixture over chicken wings.
- Serve hot! Pairs well with bleu cheese or ranch dressing.
* The amount of cannabutter used depends on the strength of the THC and the potency you desire. Start with the small portion of a serving and wait one to two hours to make an informed decision on whether to consume more.
Dinner
Dinner makes me think of romantic candlelit evenings spent with one’s significant other. The following recipe is perfect for that, or any occasion, actually.
Get Baked Lemon Chicken
Try getting a little creative and adding a bit of cannabutter to the sauce as well. Prep time is about 5 minutes, cook time about 25 and it makes approximately 4 servings.
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- ⅓ cup chicken broth
- 3 tablespoons melted cannabutter *
- 4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Fresh rosemary and lemon slices for garnish (optional)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees and grease a baking sheet or large casserole dish.
- Melt cannabutter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook chicken 2-3 minutes on each side, just until browned. Transfer chicken to prepared baking sheet.
- In a small bowl whisk together chicken broth, lemon juice, honey, garlic, Italian seasoning, and salt and pepper.
- Pour sauce over chicken. Bake 20-30 minutes (closer to 20 for smaller chicken breasts, closer to 30 for larger) until chicken is cooked through. Every 5-10 minutes spoon the sauce from the pan over the chicken.
- Garnish with fresh rosemary and lemon slices if desired and serve.
* The amount of cannabutter used depends on the strength of the THC and the potency you desire. Start with the small portion of a serving and wait one to two hours to make an informed decision on whether to consume more.
Cannabutter Spaghetti Sauce
This is great for a quick, yet filling meal – just add the pasta of your choice and bon appetit!
Ingredients
- 8 ounces of canned tomato paste
- 1/2-cup cannabutter *
- 1/2-cup water
- ½ cup each chopped onion and bell pepper (any color will do!)
- Sausage or other protein
- Spices and herbs of your choice (you should include the basics: salt, pepper, and thyme) but feel free to get creative!
Directions
- Mix all of the ingredients in a large pan and let it simmer over low heat for 2 hours.
- After the delicious smells become unbearable, serve it over your favorite type of pasta.
* The amount of cannabutter used depends on the strength of the THC and the potency you desire. Start with the small portion of a serving and wait one to two hours to make an informed decision on whether to consume more.
Dessert
My favorite part of any meal! Just be careful as to how much cannabis you’re ingesting – if you are having a cannabis meal, you might want to forego the pumped up version of these yummy sweets!
Cannabis Sugar Cookies
These are good as an accompaniment to afternoon tea or after work/school (college) milk. Or anytime, really. These take about 15 minutes of prep time and 11 minutes to bake. There is a two hour delay between mixing and baking, for chill time. (Pun intended.)
Ingredients
- 1 cup cannabutter *
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 2/3 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1-5 tablespoons milk
Directions
- Beat cannabutter and brown sugar in large bowl until fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla.
- Sift flour, baking powder, nutmeg and salt.
- Mix the butter and flour together.
- Add milk one tablespoon at a time to appropriate consistency for soft dough. Knead then chill for about 2 hours.
- Roll dough to 1/4″ thickness and cut with cookie cutters. Remove excess, reform, reroll and cut.
- Bake at 350º for 11 minutes. Let cool.
* The amount of cannabutter used depends on the strength of the THC and the potency you desire. Start with the small portion of a serving and wait one to two hours to make an informed decision on whether to consume more.
Canna-Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Chocolate – the food of love. Oh, wait, is that strawberries? How about both? And now add marijuana into the mix and you have a potent potion for love! This recipe takes about 2 minutes to prep, 5 minutes to cook and 20 minutes to cool.
Ingredients
- 1 cup dark chocolate morsels or chocolate melts
- 2 tbsp cannabutter *
- 1 package strawberries, washed and patted dry
Directions
- Heat up cannabutter and chocolate on medium until mixed thoroughly, whisking to incorporate.
- Dip the berries partially into the melted chocolate mixture and set on a parchment paper lined tray or plate.
- Put the tray in the refrigerator for 10 – 20 minutes. Serve with love!
* The amount of cannabutter used depends on the strength of the THC and the potency you desire. Start with the small portion of a serving and wait one to two hours to make an informed decision on whether to consume more.
Happy Munching
Once you have the cannabutter recipe down, making your own chillax meals is just a matter of substituting cannabutter for the regular butter or fat each recipe calls for. And now that you have a cannamilk recipe, try making your own ice cream, just use cannacream (cannabis infused heavy cream), instead! Or canna-macaroni and cheese! The possibilities are endless!
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