The leaves are turning orange, but for those of us that love the green, fall is the perfect time to experiment with baking with cannabis. If you want to bring the perfect mind-bending yet delicious treats to your autumnal get-togethers this year, cannabis-infused muffins, pies or even candy apples are the way to go.
Light some candles, get cozy, grab your favorite recipe and bud, and keeping reading to learn how to make tasty cannabis-infused fall treats!
How to Make Infused Fall Snacks
You can make any of your favorite fall treats psychedelic by replacing the normal butter in the original recipe with THC-infused butter or oil. Many dispensaries sell THC oils and tinctures that can be added to food and drink, but if you want to make your own cannabis-infused butter, you’ll have to go through the decarboxylation process, or “decarb” your weed.
How to Decarb Cannabis
In the simplest terms, THC from raw flower needs to be activated with heat to be effective. When we smoke or vape, decarboxylation happens when we run the battery or light the bud on fire. But when consuming cannabis, that activation doesn’t happen unless we decarb it beforehand. That’s why adding straight up ground bud to muffins won’t provide any psychedelic effects.
- Set the oven temperature to 220ºF, with the oven rack in the middle position. Ovens are hotter at the top and cooler at the bottom, so heating in the middle will ensure ideal decarboxylation temperature.
- Line the baking sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil, and lightly break up or grind the cannabis onto it, but not too fine, to avoid burning.
- Heat for 30-40 minutes, stirring at least once.
- Let cool for 30 minutes at room temperature. The cannabis should look lightly toasted and golden brown.
- When cool enough to handle, add the decarboxylated cannabis to butter, oil, or another base for an infusion, or carefully put it in a storage container for future use.
How to Dose Cannabis-Infused Butter
Now that you have your cannabutter, you may be wondering how much to actually add to your recipe. The best part about using cannabis-infused butter is that you can add the exact same amount as the original recipe calls for.
The dosing comes in when you add the decarbed cannabis to your butter or oil.
Now you’re ready to whip up your favorite fall treat! If you don’t have one in mind already, check out our favorites below.
Apple Crisp
Put a trippy twist on an autumn classic with a full apple crisp cut into individual servings.
Ingredients:
- 10 to 11 cups sliced peeled tart apples
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, divided
How to Make Infused Apple Crisp:
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- Place apples in a large bowl.
Pumpkin Muffins
Get everyone into the spooky spirit with these delicious pumpkin muffins that are so easy to swap butter for cannabutter.
Ingredients:
- Cooking spray
- 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
- ¾ cup cannabis-infused butter or oil*
How to Make Infused Pumpkin Muffins:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Mix pumpkin puree, cannabis-infused butter, brown sugar, water, eggs, and vanilla extract together in a large bowl.
Hazelnut Blondies
A dessert with Nutella and cannabis? These hazelnut blondies are bound to be a party favorite.
Ingredients:
- Cooking spray
- ¾ cup (1½ sticks) cannabis-infused butter or oil*
- 1 ½ cups packed dark brown sugar
How to Make Infused Hazelnut Blondies:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Melt cannabis-infused butter in a large pot over medium, stirring occasionally to ensure butter doesn't brown.
Skip the decarbing process by "cooking" your weed in your dry herb vape! Save the brown weed that is leftover after you vape it. That's your decarbed flower.
Looking for more infused recipes? Try our THC-infused drinks, infused Superbowl snacks, or keep it old school with some weed cookies!
