5 edibles you can make with simple ingredients

Cooking and baking usually require time and effort – not to mention shopping. But some of the best recipes use things that are already suitable for a stuffed kitty. Making edibles is usually a process that requires some time and work. Unlike lighting up a joint and getting instant benefits, edibles require a lot of maintenance. BUT here are 5 edibles you can make with simple ingredients usually found in the kitchen.

When preparing edibles, it’s important to start slowly. Cooking is usually a trial-and-error process; Once you add cannabis to the mix, it becomes even more personal and less precise. Before you prepare anything edible, you need to decarboxylate it. If you skip this step, your brownies will taste just like raw cannabis. Here’s how to make them taste less like grass. You just wasted a large amount of cannabis, which is no fun.

Cannabutter

Photo by ponce_photography via Pixabay

Cannabutter is the base of most edibles, especially the really good ones. This is where the grass is concentrated, so it’s kind of the most important part of the process. We recommend making a good amount of cannabutter in advance and then storing it in the fridge so you can use it to prepare other edibles. You can also add it to a toast if you want to have a fun morning. It’s 2020, here we go.

Here’s a quick guide to making cannabutter easily, effectively and deliciously.

Firecrackers

Photo by Scott Akerman/Flickr

Firecrackers are a staple for stoners, mainly because they are very easy to make and because they taste like peanut butter. To make them, all you need is peanut butter, graham crackers, and decarboxylated weed. Spread the graham crackers with a good amount of peanut butter – the fattier the better – and sprinkle about half a gram of ground flowers per serving. Make sure the grass and peanut butter are mixed evenly. Wrap your cracker in aluminum foil. Preheat your oven to 320 degrees and let the crackers cook for about 25 minutes.

RELATED: Marijuana Pro Tips: 5 Ways to Figure Out THC Dosage with Cannabutter

If you want to play it safe and get a feel for the flavor and dosage before diving in, measure your weed and prepare two versions of fireworks – one with a high dosage and another with a low dosage. You can also cut the cracker into four pieces and eat each piece slowly, paying attention to how you feel.

bacon

Photo by Tvzsu via rawpixel.com

Bacon is delicious, but what makes it a great weed partner is the fact that it is fatty and has a strong flavor that can somewhat mask the natural essence of marijuana. You can get creative with your weed bacon by cooking it with a touch of cannabutter or baking it with some decarboxylated weed.

Ice cream

Photo by Markus Spiske via Unsplash

RELATED: Here’s Why Food Tastes Better When You’re Cravings

Weed ice cream is a little more involved than weed bacon and fireworks. There are several ways to make marijuana-infused ice cream – there are some great recipes – but the easiest is to melt cream and cannabutter and mix them together. As they cook and mix, add sugar to taste. You can experiment with this mixture until you find something you like. You can include nuts, fruits, grains and whatever else is good for you. Freeze overnight.

Brownies

Photo by skeeze via Pixabay.

Weed brownies are very malleable, which is what makes them so popular. You can make them by using your favorite recipe and replacing the butter with cannabutter, or you can make one of the many recipes that weed chefs have uploaded online. Or you can just make regular brownies and drizzle them with a little cannabutter while they are still warm. This last method is a bit conservative, but ensures you’re in control of your high and don’t ruin a perfectly decent batch of brownies. (Looking for more inspiration? Try the only pot brownie recipe you’ll ever need.)