I do that with my AVB. The flower from the vaporizer is already decarbed, so just toss it in some peanut butter if you’re lazy. Or make butter with a big batch.
Since the recipe has water, the interior of the brownie won’t exceed 212. The decarb time at that temp is around 2-4 hours.
The edges that dry out first may exceed 300F and the decarb process finishes in around 5-7m then the THC will start to degrade.
For brownies, decarb during the butter production. Look up a chart, but it’ll take about 2-4 hours at boiling. Then cook the brownies on a low temp (like 315) to ensure that it cooks evenly without drying out the corners.
If you have fancy baking equipment, a water bath or collared cake pan will protect the edges from overcooking.
Thanks for the input. I just chuck the plant in the water/oil mix after grinding it in a coffee grinder. I don’t make butter. I am sure there are inconsistencies in my method, but they are very effective every time. What if I did a normal decarb in mason jars prior? What effect do you think that might have?
It’s all time/temp dependent. If at higher temperatures the process occurs faster and starts to degrade thc levels.
This is a useful graph. Keep in mind that brownies will cook from the edges to the center (absent insulation) so a map of the concentration levels will likely always end up looking like a bullseye with the middle being lower temp.
The lower your oven temp, the longer the process takes (but also, the longer the THC breakdown takes) so you want to aim for a low temp that will still cook your brownies. Something like 280 for 45 minutes instead of 350 for 25 minutes. Using a bit less flour will make the brownie more fudgy which will more efficiently transfer heat than pockets of air/steam in a more cakey mix.
I usually pull mine out and, after a bit of cooling, put it on a gram cracker crust. That gives it a bit more structure so you can eat it without wearing it. You can also add semi-sweet chocolate chunks, which will also add a little bit of tasty structure.
When I decarbed for tincture I did 225F (107C) for 45 minutes whilst turning every 15. For the brownies I simply grind it up and chuck it in the water/oil mix. It works quite well, but I’d fully admit it is not precise. The brownies cook at 325F (162C) for 1:15hrs. Advice? Always looking to improve.
That’s fair, those leafs have the most exposure to light and would be pretty naturally decarbed as well, but as you said, trim and shake take ALOT since the THC in sugar leafs is like 1%.
Iirc, an oz of trim is like a g or 2 max of good flower.
No… it’s always had to be decarbed, do you think cannabis just randomly mutated or something?
Putting it in the oven helps decarb it.
We used to make what we called firecrackers.
Crackers, cover them in peanut butter, grind weed over it, put another peanut butter covered cracker on top and bake them.
They did they job just fine and we didn’t have to fuck with making butter.
You’d end up eating weed, but we were kids so whatever.
I do that with my AVB. The flower from the vaporizer is already decarbed, so just toss it in some peanut butter if you’re lazy. Or make butter with a big batch.
I completely forgot about firecrackers 🤣.
Mmm gritty burnt tasting peanut butter.
I moved from that to making small batches of butter and using that to make hot chocolate (“pot chocolate”, of course).
An hour+ in the oven seems to decarb just fine for brownies. They hit hard.
Decarbing in the brownies will be inconsistent.
Since the recipe has water, the interior of the brownie won’t exceed 212. The decarb time at that temp is around 2-4 hours.
The edges that dry out first may exceed 300F and the decarb process finishes in around 5-7m then the THC will start to degrade.
For brownies, decarb during the butter production. Look up a chart, but it’ll take about 2-4 hours at boiling. Then cook the brownies on a low temp (like 315) to ensure that it cooks evenly without drying out the corners.
If you have fancy baking equipment, a water bath or collared cake pan will protect the edges from overcooking.
Thanks for the input. I just chuck the plant in the water/oil mix after grinding it in a coffee grinder. I don’t make butter. I am sure there are inconsistencies in my method, but they are very effective every time. What if I did a normal decarb in mason jars prior? What effect do you think that might have?
It’s all time/temp dependent. If at higher temperatures the process occurs faster and starts to degrade thc levels.
This is a useful graph. Keep in mind that brownies will cook from the edges to the center (absent insulation) so a map of the concentration levels will likely always end up looking like a bullseye with the middle being lower temp.
The lower your oven temp, the longer the process takes (but also, the longer the THC breakdown takes) so you want to aim for a low temp that will still cook your brownies. Something like 280 for 45 minutes instead of 350 for 25 minutes. Using a bit less flour will make the brownie more fudgy which will more efficiently transfer heat than pockets of air/steam in a more cakey mix.
I usually pull mine out and, after a bit of cooling, put it on a gram cracker crust. That gives it a bit more structure so you can eat it without wearing it. You can also add semi-sweet chocolate chunks, which will also add a little bit of tasty structure.
Appreciate the tips!
It’s extremely dependent on temperature. At 110°C it only takes about 30 minutes, at 70°C it takes a full 24 hours.
When I decarbed for tincture I did 225F (107C) for 45 minutes whilst turning every 15. For the brownies I simply grind it up and chuck it in the water/oil mix. It works quite well, but I’d fully admit it is not precise. The brownies cook at 325F (162C) for 1:15hrs. Advice? Always looking to improve.
I believe in the “olden days” people used plant trimming to make butter after harvest and not flower.
No measuring, no decarbing just a lot Of trimmings. With what we know now it was probably very inefficient but just so much it did the trick.
That’s fair, those leafs have the most exposure to light and would be pretty naturally decarbed as well, but as you said, trim and shake take ALOT since the THC in sugar leafs is like 1%.
Iirc, an oz of trim is like a g or 2 max of good flower.
No not randomly, but cannabis today is different and way stronger than it used to be. Because new strains are continuously selected.
So if it’s stronger, you would actually get higher without decarbing it.
Not decarbing weak weed, will give you no affect.
Longish answer, some THC naturally decarb from light and other factors, so stronger weed, has more naturally decarbed THC and CBN in it.
So now you acknowledge that yes it has actually mutated, and no it is not random.
Thanks.
No, you can grow landraces and get fire. The tech and the nutrients are the biggest differences.
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