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GETTING ALL OILED UP

INGREDIENTS:

• Decarboxylated cannabis: 3.5 grams of kief, 7 grams of bud/shake or 14+ grams of stems

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• 1 cup of butter or oil

• Cheesecloth

• Slow Cooker

• Parchment Paper

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Grind or break apart your plant material to an even size, being careful not to pulverize it into dust. You're aiming for the consistency of coarsely ground coffee.

2. Evenly distribute your plant material on a parchment paper covered baking sheet.

3. To activate the THC in your cannabis, bake the ground plant material for 30 minutes at 220 degrees.

4. After the plant material has baked for 30 minutes add your oil or butter to a slow cooker and turn it to low heat.

5. Once turned to low heat, take two to three layers of cheesecloth and place your cannabis in the center of the or oil. THC, the psychoactive compound in cannabis that gets you high, chemically binds to fat molecules as a default, so butter and oil are the two best options for keeping culinary cannabis on hand. cloth. You may need to repeat this step depending on how much material you are using.

PULSE recommends opening windows whenever cooking with cannabis. The extra airflow helps keep the smell from sticking to the clothes and furniture in your home.

6. After placing the cannabis in the center, and determining the number of bags you are using, pull the corners of the cheesecloth together and form the bulge of plant material into a ball and tie it into a teabag.

7. Add your teabag(s) to the slow cooker and let simmer for 2-3 hours, using a spoon or ladle to periodically coat the bags in oil. Important safety note for oil: make sure the temperature of the oil stays below 200 degrees

8. After 2-3 hours, slowly remove the bags but do not squeeze them. It may seem like you are wasting, but squeezing the bags releases chlorophyll, making the end product taste more like the plant.Once all the bags are removed, place two layers of cheesecloth over the mouth of your container and pour oil or butter through it to pull out any plant material.

9. Let rest for a few hours.

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