Marijuana Cooking: Good Medicine Made Easy

Place the chocolate, cannabis butter and honey in the crock-pot and heat on low. Stir repeatedly, every few minutes. About the time all the ingredients are melted, you should put the thermometer in the liquid. When the temperature reaches 100°F, stir even more often, carefully avoiding the thermometer. When the mixture reaches 130°F, turn the crock-pot off. Continue to stir the chocolate until it cools down to 80 degrees F or less. This is called “tempering” the chocolate and helps it to stay more solid. The more slowly this process goes the better. When the chocolate is cooler than 80 degrees F, pour it into a baking sheet with one inch sides lined with parchment paper. [Optional: Sprinkle the top with hazelnut meal or any ground or chopped nuts.] Let the mixture sit and cool for at least an hour, and then carefully put it in the refrigerator. Several hours later, you can pick up the cooled chocolate by the parchment paper, and slide it onto a cutting board. Cut the chocolate into 1-inch squares.

The Dosage is high, due to a high butter to ingredient ratio. Keep the chocolates refrigerated at all times.

Honey Oatmeal Cookies

If you are avoiding sugar but still crave a sweet treat, these chewy cookies will hit the spot.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup marijuana butter (at room temperature)

• 2½ cups honey

• 5 eggs

• 2½ cups flour

• 2 teaspoons salt

• 1¼ teaspoons baking soda

• 7½ cups quick oats

• 1 cup of any of the following ingredients: chopped dates, figs, apples, carrots, raisins, currants, chocolate chips, nuts and seeds

Preparation time: 30 minutes

Cooking time: Preheat oven to 350°F/177°C. Bake 5 at a time, 10–12 minutes per batch.

Yield: 5 dozen cookies, each with less than 1 teaspoon butter = medium dose.

Instructions:

Spray baking sheets with nonstick spray.

Blend the marijuana butter, honey and egg thoroughly.

Add flour, salt and baking soda and mix well.

Add the quick oats and any of the fruit or nuts in any combination. This allows for more variety within this one recipe.

Drop by heaping tablespoons onto greased cookie sheets. Bake for 10–12 minutes. Let cool for 3–5 minutes on baking sheets, then transfer to a cooling rack.

Note: This cookie dough freezes very well. One of my patients lives quite a distance away, and I can get much more medicine to her at one time by giving her dough that her husband defrosts and bakes at a later time, thereby having fresh, instead of frozen cookies.

Honey Whole Wheat Banana Bread

Another wholesome treat, that will tantalize your palate and soothe your pains without sacrificing flavor.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup marijuana butter or oil

• 1½ cups honey

• 2 eggs

• 2 cups whole wheat flour

• 1 cup unbleached white flour

• 2 teaspoons baking soda

• 1 teaspoon sea salt

• 4 bananas, mashed

Preparation time: 30 minutes

Cooking Time: Preheat oven to 350°F/177°C. Bake for 45 minutes.

Yield: 8 small loaves, each cut into 12 pieces, each with 1 teaspoon of butter = medium potency.

Instructions:

Grease 2 large or 3 medium loaf pans.

Mix mashed bananas, honey, room temperature butter or oil, and egg well.

Add dry ingredients (flours, soda and salt). Stir just enough to combine thoroughly.

Spoon into greased baking pans. Bake 50 or 60 minutes, or until a toothpick removes clean, or the bread springs back when you touch it. Overbaking will cause quick breads to become crumbly. Let sit in the pan for at least 10 minutes, then turn onto a rack to cool.

Honey Pumpkin Bread

Not just a seasonal treat, this bread will delight your taste buds and keep you in high spirits all year round.

Ingredients:

• 2½ cups honey

• 1 cup marijuana butter or oil

• 3 cups pumpkin puree[2]

• 2 cups chopped dates

• 2 cups chopped walnuts

• 2 teaspoons sea salt

• 2 teaspoons cinnamon

• 2 teaspoons ground cloves

• 2 teaspoons baking soda

• 4 cups unbleached white flour

• 5 cups whole wheat flour

• 1 cup wheat germ

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease 4 large or 5–6 medium loaf pans.

Mix the honey, room temperature butter or oil, pumpkin, dates, walnuts, salt, cinnamon, cloves and baking soda in a large mixing bowl. Mix thoroughly. Stir in the remaining ingredients (flours and wheat germ).

Spoon into the greased loaf pans.

Bake for 1 hour or until done. Cool in the pans for at least 20 minutes, and then turn onto a cooling rack.

Honey Chocolate Brownies

Here is another recipe adapted to an allhoney version.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup melted marijuana butter or oil

• ½ cup melted unsweetened chocolate or cocoa powder

• 4 eggs

• 1 cup honey

• 2 teaspoons vanilla

• 2 cups unbleached white flour

• 2 teaspoons baking powder

• ½ teaspoon sea salt

• 1 cup raisins

• 1 cup chopped nuts

Preparation Time: 30 minutes

Cooking Time: Preheat the oven to 350°F/177°C. Bake for 45 minutes.