Vapor Brownies (ABV Cannaoil)

Vaporizing has to be the most efficient way to use herbal medicine. With no combustion taking place, the vaporized herb can be saved and used later, as it still contains some desirable compounds.

Edibles are always fun, here's a simple recipe for making cannaoil with your ABV. It won't taste as good as fresh but it still packs a punch.


You'll need a brownie mix that calls for cooking oil, the basics for making brownies, something to strain with, and of course, the vaporized herb.


I happened to have 17.3g (bag tared). Most recipes call for about 6 grams of fresh herb, with vaped herb you have to use more, as a lot of the good stuff has been vaporized. How much more depends on the quality of the herb and how thoroughly it's been vaped.

This batch was pretty strong.


Or just over half a cup... 130ml to be more precise. This was a mix of maybe 20 varieties, all of decent quality.


You can grind up any small pieces of bud, using two bowls as a mortar and pestle.


This brownie mix called for 50ml (~1/4 cup) oil and 50ml water.

That wouldn't be enough oil for the amount of herb I had, so I exchanged the water for oil. Generally, you'll need at least as much oil as you have herb, as measured in a measuring cup. Try to get a brownie mix that calls for that amount. I used canola oil.


Warm the oil on low heat. I put my finger in it and it felt hot, but not burning. Be careful if you don't know your stove.

Stir in the herb. I threw in some stems for the hell of it.

Set a timer for 60 minutes.


Gently shake the pan side to side to even out the mixture so that the all the herb is immersed in oil.

Very slightly turn up the heat so that you can see very small bubbles forming occasionally and hear a slight sizzle directly above the pan. You don't want to let it get too hot... a very light steam should be all you see coming from the oil.

Keep an eye on it, making sure it doesn't start bubbling any more rapidly. You can mix it around from time to time as well.


1 hour later.

Remove from heat and let cool for 15 minutes or so.


Straining out the herb:

Pour the mixture through a strainer. A lot of the oil is absorbed into the herb, use cheesecloth to squeeze it out. I had to improvise with a garlic press.

Make sure you figure out how you're going to strain it before you get to that point, things will go a lot more smoothly.


You'll lose a bit of oil in the process, some stuck the herb, and some because your stupid strainer didn't fit all the way into the measuring cup and you spilled some on the counter.


At this point you just follow the directions on the box.

Most brownies are baked at around 325F (162C) and for vapor brownies I wouldn't go any higher. If the recipe says 350, ignore it, add a few more minutes to the cooking time instead... until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.


I ended up with a dense and fudgey 21x21x1.5cm brownie which was cut into 9 pieces, working out to around 2 grams of vaped herb per piece.

I was going to try one right away, but all of a sudden I started to feel pretty good from just licking the bowl.

THAT is awesome shit, bud!

Some more info:

How it works
From Wikipedia: Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active substance in cannabis, and other cannabinoids are hydrophobic oils, which are insoluble in water but soluble in alcohols, fats, and other oils.

In this recipe we're using canola oil to extract the desired compounds from the herb, heat is used to accelerate the process. The heat is kept low to minimize the destruction of desirable compounds.

Smell
Heating the vaped herb in the oil creates a noticeable aroma. Very noticeable. It smells pretty much like the vaped herb but much stronger. If you have an overhead range exhaust, you'll probably want to use it, otherwise the smell will linger for a day or so.

Potency and Effects
Eating herbed food is different than smoking or vaporizing. Instead of being absorbed through your lungs, the compounds are absorbed through digestion which takes longer. Many factors play a part in the process, such as the size and metabolism of the individual, as well as the amount of herb used. Effects can take from 20-100+ minutes to start and last from 2-8+ hours. Eating your goodies on an empty stomach should speed things up and increase the effects.

Because of the delay, it can be difficult to know how much you should eat. If you're inexperienced with edibles, it's advisable to start small and work your way up. That is, eat a small portion, maybe half a brownie and see how you feel for the rest of the day. Play it safe and make sure you're in a comfortable and safe environment for the duration. Too much can be overwhelming and not fun.

Leftover Strained Herb
Even If you do a good job of straining and squeezing the oil out of the herb, you can't get it all out. I was going to try some honey slides with the remains as an experiment, but I'm lazy and it'd probably be pretty nasty.

how many pieces to get you rocked?

I knew they were fairly potent after licking out the mixing bowl. The next day, I ate half a piece on an empty stomach and was highly buzzed for the rest of the day. On the weekend a friend and I ate about 1 and 1/2 pieces and were thoroughly baked for 8 hours, at one point it was so intense I had to sit down.

The buzz is a heavy stone, very narcotic effect, especially at higher doses-- probably due to a high ratio of cbd & cbn. I'm sure it would be a great medicine for people who have trouble with pain and sleeping.

Update:
I'm still enjoying these. Amazingly, 1/8th of a piece is all I need to feel great all day. That works out to around 0.25g of vaped herb. Again, the herb was only lightly vaped and I have a very fast metabolism, but still, that's impressive.

Good medicine.

That sounds AMAZING! I can't believe how strong they are...gotta make me some. I currently have about 1/2 oz of vaped herb. I'll probably wait for that much more again since I vape mine about twice as much as you do.

Dang dome....you're about to get jacked up on some cookin'!

60g? Sounds more like a wedding cake.

ya know VT, after looking at your pics again, my vaped herb doesn't look a whole lot more used than yours. Did you get my pic of it I sent you? One problem is I am keeping it in a baggie and some of it is getting ground up pretty fine.

You need to start a new line of research AZ. Canola, like the other seed oils on the shelves, is not the healthy alternative they'd like you to think it is. The food industry, like big pharma, is only interested in $$. I've been reading for years about what the food and drug companies don't want you to know. Mercola.com is a good starting place for anti-establishment health info.
http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/conola.html

I much prefer extra virgin olive oil, but canola has a higher smoke point which apparently is a health factor to consider.

The butter and water method is great, I just felt like making some oil.

The problem with olive oil, as vtac says, is that it's not a good choice for higher temps. The best oil for cooking, by far, is virgin coconut oil. It was a favorite of the baking industry until erroneous research in the 50's declared all saturated fat to be bad for heart health. In fact (and studies support it), we need saturated fat in our diet, and coconut oil (non refined or expeller pressed) has been proven to be a heart healthy oil, even more so than olive oil. Unfortunately, since the seed oil companies jumped on the crappy saturated fat research in order to fatten their pockets, the production of virgin coconut oil turned into a cottage industry, and it's only produced by a handful of companies. It is available online from quite a few sources now, as the true info has been spreading in recent years.

http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/import_sat_fat.html

This is as much a truth as what we know about cannabis. That it's not the harmful drug that the establishment, both medical and legal, would have us believe. My health sermon for the day.