Budter

Starting with the right ingredients will finish you off with the right product. I always use clarified butter for my BakedBaking recipes. If you don’t have clarified butter, you can clarify it yourself, just know that you will lose some of the weight when you do. For your convenience, I will go over how to do that yourself.

Clarifying Butter:
Melt the butter in a sauce pan over low heat, do not stir during this process.

Let simmer and naturally separate into three layers – foamy top, clear middle, solid bottom. Remove the foamy layers as they form and discard.

After some time there will be no more foamy layers that form and you will be left with a clear, golden liquid above a solid layer that forms to the bottom of the sauce pan.

Using cheesecloth or a sieve, strain any remaining foam or sediment that might loosen from the bottom of the pan as you pour the liquid into a glass baking container and allow to set until completely firm.

Infusing Butter:
Dope Dosage (use flower OR shake, not both):

	Lightweight	Moderate	Chronic
Flower	9 grams	18 grams	36 grams
Shake	18 grams	36 grams	72 grams
Clarified Butter Water*	per 1 1/4 cups 2 cups	per 1 1/4 cups 4 cups	per 1 1/4 cups 8 cups

Remember that decarboxylation process:

	Temperature	Time (high THC)	Time (high CBD)
Oven	275 F/135 C	10 minutes	15 minutes
Boiling Water	(rolling boil)	20 – 30 minutes	30 – 45 minutes

To Start:
Weigh out your weed and decarb it. First, in the oven, remembering to keep the layer less than an inch thick, use multiple baking pans if you are doing a big batch. Then, scoop it into a pot of boiling water. The size of your pot will depend on the size of your batch. The amount of water you use will depend only on the dosage you choose, no matter how big of a batch you make.

Lightweight: 2 cups water
Moderate: 4 cups water
Chronic: 8 cups water

Be mindful of how much space the water and weed will take up, but don’t use a pot that is too big for your batch or you will risk boiling off your butter in the infusion process. You want your weed to be entirely immersed, while also keeping the exposed surface area as small as possible. Every pothead will have to play with the tools in their own kitchen to find the right fit for each dosage. If you are a brand new baker, start with a small batch of theLightweight dose in a small pot and learn your way up! I use a tall stock pot, because I make TheChronic in big batches!

While your weed is boiling away in the water bath, melt your clarified butter.

Add the melted butter directly to the larger pot holding the water/weed mixture.

Timing:
Simmer, uncovered, stirring every half hour or so.

Four hours for a small batch (the basic ratio). Add additional time for additional weight (remember)! Specifically, an extra 30 minutes cook time for each batch size increase.

The Set:
Strain through sieve and cheesecloth into a sturdy pot, you are going to press the cooked weed to strain as much liquid as you can from it so you want this pot to be able to hold some pressure.

When your weed has stopped dripping, use the bottom side of a metal bowl to press the remaining liquid from the cooked weed.

Choose a glass container that will fit all of the liquid when you have finished pressing.

Transfer the liquid to your glass container and allow to set to room temperature before transferring to the fridge overnight.

To Finish:
Remove your set product from the fridge. At this point you will have two distinct substances: a solid green mass and some brownish liquid. The solid green substance should slide easily from the glass container, just poke a butter knife along an edge and lift it out. Place it, wet side down, on a paper towel and give it a good slide across. This should result in a layer of sediment being left on the paper towel. The paper towel and the remaining water from under your solid chunk can both be tossed or composted.

Melt the solid mass, over low heat, and strain again through the sieve and cheese cloth combination, this time into a container that you can easily make measured pours from.

Choose glass containers that are the size and shape of the Budter forms you want for your finished product. I use a rectangular glass container that can hold up to two cups, but I only pour one cup in. I prefer to have my Budter stored in the freezer (after setting) in single cup portions for easy use later. You should choose a size that is convenient for you!

Transfer the liquid to your glass containers of choice.

Allow to cool to room temperature before transferring to the fridge overnight.

*NOTE: after setting, you can individually wrap and freeze your Budter for up to six months.

At A Glance:

	Flower Shake	Oven time minutes THC : CBD	Water*	Boiling time minutes THC : CBD	Melted Butter	Infusion Time
Lightweight	9 grams 18 grams	10 : 15	2 cups	20-30 : 30-45	1 1/4 cup	4 hours**
Moderate	18 grams 36 grams	10 : 15	4 cups	20-30 : 30-45	1 1/4 cup	4 hours**
Chronic	36 grams 72 grams	10 : 15	8 cups	20-30 : 30-45	1 1/4 cup	4 hours**