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gurubomb · Jul 3, 2009

Hey guys, I come to you with a query: A couple friends and I tried to cook ganja brownies, but after eating them and waiting for at least 4 hours, nothing happened. I thought I was getting a slight high, but it was very short (5 minutes) and I was barely soaring.

Here's the recipe we used:
We used a brownie mix that used cooking oil instead of butter.

So we ground up the weed, threw the oil in a stir pot, put it on just below simmering, and threw in the weed.

We did not use canola oil, we used vegetable cooking oil.

We let the weed/oil simmer for about an hour and then directly mixed it with the egg, quarter cup of water and the brownie mix.

We used 5 grams of pot with 1/4 cup oil, and so yea, I have know idea *** happened, any ideas?

Thanks

HippyInEngland · Jul 3, 2009

What temperature did you cook the brownies at?

What quality was the weed?

How many brownies did you eat?

eace:

djsmaverick · Jul 3, 2009

Did ya use shake, buds, or all of it???

gurubomb · Jul 3, 2009

HippyInEngland said:
What temperature did you cook the brownies at?

What quality was the weed?

How many brownies did you eat?
eace:

cooked em at 375

the weed wasn't bad, it wasn't shwag, but i've definitely had better. i would've smoked it but I'd rather smoke something better if i had it

we each had a quarter of the entire pan

gurubomb · Jul 3, 2009

djsmaverick said:
Did ya use shake, buds, or all of it???

i don't know what shake is.

we used 5 g's of buds, and ground all of it minus stems n seeds

gurubomb · Jul 3, 2009

do you think we didn't use enough weed? maybe we didn't cook it enough? any one have any bad experiences with weak brownies?

smokybear · Jul 3, 2009

I've never had pot brownies but maybe you just didn't use enough bud... That's the only thing I can come up with. Just my thoughts. Take care and be safe.

crozar · Jul 4, 2009

for cooking its best to use more then 10 grams for servings of a plate . but i am sure its something to do with the temperature in the oven when cooking...
or maybe when heating the oil with the weed =/

gurubomb · Jul 4, 2009

hey guys,

these are all good thoughts, but i really dont think those temperatures would matter right?

would the crystal decompose or something?
or did we not absorb it properly?

djsmaverick · Jul 4, 2009

Ok I have made cookies and brownies and from what I read it seems to me that you just didn't use enough bud to the ratio of brownie mix. I would say if you can double the amount of buds. Then it should do ya better.:aok: Did for us. :stoned:

djsmaverick · Jul 4, 2009

Shoot forgot to add that ya temp does matter. It will burn out all the thc if you cook it at a high temp for to long of a period of time.:cry: It's good to cook it at a lower temp. for just a little longer. :ccc:

greenfriend · Jul 5, 2009

i cook brownies/cookies at 350F. i usually use a mixture of small buds and trimmings at a ratio of about 3 oz per lb. of butter. Usually it takes 4 brownies (1-2 doses ea) from the dispensary for me to feel anything at all. I ate 1 of my brownies and was REALLY REALLY high for a solid 6 hours, and since i usually smoke or vape 10 times a day, so its a pretty efficient way to stay stoned.

btw just use regular unsalted butter, no brownie mix either (mine tasted horrible the 1 time i used mix) - way better when made from scratch

dboy · Sep 1, 2009

I beleive you said you simmered it for a hour? Did it smell really good at first then not so good? This happened to me my first time, you need to only heat it up for a minute or two on very low heat, since it is going into a 375 degree oven. You used more than enough weed, but its was all probably toast within 3 minutes in that hot *** oil, you only need a quarter minimum if using a packaged mix and they will launch ya just fine.....hope this helps! it sux losing green......

Alistair · Sep 2, 2009

I've made plenty of cookies ( no brownies), and one cookie is all you need. I always use good quality bud, and no less than one ounce per eight ounces of butter. I can't imagine five grams being enough for a batch of brownies. It seems as though you didn't use enough.

I don't know if vegetable oil is good to use or not. I always use butter myself.

Killuminati420 · Sep 8, 2009

375 ferenheit killed the THC. it burns around 354 if i remember right. maybe the lower 300s...

Smot_poker · Sep 8, 2009

yeah i would say you need waaaaay more bud in the mix. 5 grams would be sufficient for maybe a 1/4 batch of brownies, but not a full 9x13 pan.

jao33333 · Sep 12, 2009

Alistair Young said:
I've made plenty of cookies ( no brownies), and one cookie is all you need. I always use good quality bud, and no less than one ounce per eight ounces of butter. I can't imagine five grams being enough for a batch of brownies. It seems as though you didn't use enough.

I don't know if vegetable oil is good to use or not. I always use butter myself.

Would love to get that cookie recipe off you. I am trying to learn more on how to cook with MJ and proper amounts to use. So lets say a half of cookie would get half the day etc. I enjoy smoking MJ but not all the time kinda like when i like saving my Cigars smoking them here and there Thank you JJ

akhockey · Oct 1, 2009

In the past I have made brownies from a mix using butter even though the recipe called for oil. Essentially butter is an oil. It just makes the brownies richer. I have used 3.5 grams of grass (ground fine) simmered with a stick of butter for a few minutes then added the entire lot to the recipe just as the oil substitute. I can't recall what the recipe called for oven temp. wise but I am in the habit of baking things at a lower temperature for a little longer. The bud was top notch and the skunky taste went very well with the chocolate. A little while later I was completely torn up after eating a quarter pan. I remember being too stoned to sleep later that night.

meds4me · Oct 1, 2009

Too stoned to sleep at nite ??? I wish i had that kind of tolerance...~

TexRx · Oct 1, 2009

Killuminati420 said:
375 ferenheit killed the THC. it burns around 354 if i remember right. maybe the lower 300s...

It actually vaporizes around 350. It burns above 400.

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It sounds like the oven temp was too high. 290 is an ok temp, it just takes longer.

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