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Brownies Trial Two

Lord-Xanthor

Lord-Xanthor

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I'm going to make up another batch of brownies again over the weekend, and what I was wondering is instead of using dry bud, could I get away with using the half dried bud instead? This means it wont be cured and fully dry. Its still damp but I won't be smoking it, I'll be making oil instead. The bud itself is a mixture of over-ripe and under ripe plus I have a bag of leafs that I read takes 2 days to cook in oil, and since I'm moving, I figure get rid of the bud now and keep my good stuff for smoking. Any feedback would be appreciated.
 
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If you pre-bake it, You can get rid of some of the 'green' taste (I think that was what bob was trying to say?). I over baked some at 220 deg F, forgot to set the timer, and left it in for a hour and a half. When I tried it, it was surprisingly smooth, like it had been cured, but not as smooth as if it had.
Hope they turn out!
 
Dagmar, bobsakamoto, and DW2. If I'm doing that with the bud, can I get away with doing the same to the 3 ounces of sugar leafs and cut out a day and a half time cooking it all in oil? Thanks again for your input too! Your all a great help!
 
I usually save sugar leaves, popcorn buds and trim in the freezer (fresh to frozen) until I'm ready to used it. Then I lay it out on a screen for 2-3 days to dry out. Then I have used it in different ways. Decarb for cooking etibles, or for tinctures, or RSO.
 
Last recipe the bud was bought and I used an ounce of combined: Girl Scout Cookies, Gorilla Glue, Sugar Cookies, Wedding Cake, Jack Frost, and Sweet Dreams into 2 cups of oil, which at the time I was only going to use 1-1/3 cup of that oil, but instead I didn't filter it and used it all in the brownie mix. My day and a half nap told me enough it might have been a little to strong. This time around I have an ounce and a half of bud before drying in oven so decided to dry it all and use it for tonight's brownies I just weighed the ziplock bag of sugar leafs and they weigh 5.5 ounces before drying. Going to use the bag to make a seperate bottle of cannaoil. Is that enough to make a full bottle of 33 ounces of Canna Oil? I'll check the weight of the bud itself after drying in oven for an hour. As for the smell, I put my spare charcoal filter fan right in front of the oven with the exhaust outside so no smells so far.
 
Looks like I'm going to have to do the leafs too in this recipe. The bud alone weighs 1/3 of an ounce after drying.
Forgot to mention this time I'm using Big Bud and Mango.

I think the bud was dried too much. No stickiness and came right off the branches. The leafs, should I cook them till they just break apart or dry enough where they are oily and sticky?
 
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Definitely, I nipped some small little buds with the sugar leaves on them (the buds were way down at the bottom of the plant, in the shade.... enough justification! lol), wrapped the in a foil pouch, and baked them for about an hour. They were green, not dried at all, and they shriveled quite a lot, turned very dark, almost brown, and crisp! I tried them in my can and it smoked very smooth, for so fresh.
 
BTW, using a toaster oven to do this. Unfortunately, my regular oven has been broken for 6 months and when I tried to buy a replacement, my landlord refused to let me have it installed.
 
If the toaster oven will not get hot enough, just let it bake a little longer to allow for the lower temperature. The decarbonizing should continue, it just will be slower.
 
It's a Black & Decker. Goes up to 475 degrees. The leafs are almost done. I been opening the oven every 15 minutes to stir up the contents so the whole thing dries evenly. Lot of it is getting crispy. Will use my grinder on them once done. Buds took only 25 minutes to do and was definitely over dried. Combined, I'm considering making at least 20 ounces of oil. Will check the weight before the next step. My son walked into the kitchen and was like "That smells good, What is it?" Which told me the filter fan is definitely doing its job. Then he opened the oven to take a whiff, and was like "OMG, PLEASE DONT TELL ME WERE EATING THAT FOR DINNER!!!!!!" That's when I handed him a Salisbury Steak and he left with a smile.
 
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The leafs are finally done. The final weight after drying is 1.15 ounces. The bud itself was .30 ounces so going to make up some oil combining it all. I'm thinking 20 ounces of oil or should I go with 10? Any suggestions? Pictures as follows.
 

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I am obviously making the CannaOil correctly despite using leafs this time besides bud because the smell is just as bad if not worse than last time and my Charcoal Filter is on Full Blast.
 
Question. Since I'm cooking both crushed bud and crushed leaf together in 8 cups of Crisco, how many hours should I be cooking this? More than two?
 
in my experience and from what i've read, 2 hrs is the minimum and any over that is just that much more, but only incrementally so...kinda like vegging...if that makes sense...
 
i make edibles for my best friend and have found that 2 hours is the minimum (this is of course predicated on his reporting of "strength" but we've been doing it for so long now that i'm semi confident in my info). and anything after that is incrementally better but weighed against it taking longer.

and he used to smoke only so i feel like he's a good "guage"/measuring stick...
 
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