Quick answer

Making cannabis brownies comes down to three steps. Decarboxylate the flower in the oven, infuse it into butter, then bake that butter into a normal brownie recipe. Decarb at 240°F for 30 to 40 minutes. Infuse low and slow for 2 to 3 hours. Bake the brownies at 325°F and cut the batch so each piece lands near 10 mg of THC.

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Skip any one of those steps and you get a different result. No decarb means no high. A hot oven means lost potency. Cutting a strong batch into 12 pieces instead of 48 means a rough evening for somebody.

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Why the process matters

Raw cannabis holds THC in its acid form, THCA, which does not get you high. Heat removes a carboxyl group and converts it into THC. That is the whole trick behind decarboxylation, and it is the step most first-time bakers miss.

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What you need

Ingredients

Equipment

Step 1: Decarboxylate the flower

Heat the oven to 240°F. Grind the flower coarse, not fine. You want pieces about the size of a peppercorn so heat reaches the middle without scorching the outside.

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Spread it in a single layer on parchment. Bake 30 to 40 minutes, stirring once at the halfway mark. The color should shift from green to tan, and the smell should turn toasty and nutty rather than grassy.

Two things go wrong here. Going above 300°F burns off terpenes and pushes THC toward CBN, which is sedating. Leaving it in for an hour does the same thing. Set a timer.

Step 2: Infuse the butter

Melt 1 cup of butter in a saucepan with 1 cup of water. The water keeps the fat from reaching a temperature that degrades cannabinoids, and it separates out later.

Add the decarbed flower. Hold the mixture between 160°F and 200°F for 2 to 3 hours, stirring every 20 minutes or so. A low simmer with small bubbles at the edge is right. A rolling boil is not.

Strain through cheesecloth into a glass jar. Squeeze the cloth to get the last of the butter. Refrigerate overnight. The butter solidifies on top and the water sinks. Poke a hole, pour the water off, and you have cannabutter.

Coconut oil pulls slightly more cannabinoids than butter and holds up better in the freezer, so it is a fine swap at the same ratio. Store cannabutter in the fridge for up to 3 weeks or in the freezer for 6 months.

Step 3: Bake the brownies

Follow your recipe, but swap cannabutter in for the butter or oil one to one. If the mix calls for 1/2 cup of oil, use 1/2 cup of cannabutter.

Drop the oven to 325°F. THC starts to degrade around 315°F in an open bake, and most brownie recipes call for 350°F. The lower temperature adds 5 to 10 minutes to the bake, so use the toothpick test instead of the clock.

Cool the pan before cutting. Warm brownies crumble, and they tempt you into eating a piece before you know the dose.

Dosing math that works

Here is the formula. Grams of flower × 1000 × THC percentage × 0.7 extraction efficiency, divided by the number of pieces.

A real example. 7 g of flower that tests at 15% THC: 7 × 1000 × 0.15 = 1,050 mg of THC. Multiply by 0.7 and you keep roughly 735 mg in the butter. Cut the pan into 24 pieces and each one is about 30 mg, which is three standard servings in a single square.

For a beginner batch, either use 3.5 g of flower or cut the pan into 48 pieces. Both land near 15 mg. For a true 10 mg serving, use 3.5 g and cut 36 pieces.

Check the THC percentage on the label when you order your flower, since it swings from 12% to 30% by strain. A batch made with 28% flower is nearly twice as strong as the same batch made with 15%.

Eating them safely

Edibles behave nothing like a joint. Onset runs 30 minutes to 2 hours, and the peak can hit at hour three. Effects last 4 to 6 hours, sometimes longer.

That delay is why people eat one brownie, feel nothing, eat two more, and have a bad night. Take one piece. Wait two full hours. Then decide.

Avoid mixing with alcohol, and skip driving. Label the batch with the dose and the date so nobody has to guess later.

Storage and shelf life

Brownies keep at room temperature for 2 days, in the fridge for a week, and in the freezer for 3 months. Wrap them tight. THC oxidizes with air and light, so a zip bag in the freezer beats a plate on the counter.

Label everything. Brownies look like brownies, and a batch sitting out is a risk for kids, pets, and guests who do not know what they are.