10 mg / tablespoonInfusions
Low-dose cannabutter
The base for most recipes here. One gram of flower per cup of butter lands near 10 mg THC per tablespoon (theoretical), so six tablespoons in a batch of twelve gives about 5 mg each.
Cook with it like an ingredient
Recipes with the dose on the label.
Thirty recipes, each stating the milligrams of THC per portion and showing the arithmetic behind it. Every one starts from a deliberately mild infusion, so normal quantities of butter, oil or honey land at 2.5, 5 or 10 mg a piece.
How the numbers work
One gram per cup, then divide.
Every infusion here uses about 1 gram of flower per cup of butter or oil. At 18% THCA that is up to 158 mg of THC in sixteen tablespoons, so a tablespoon is about 10 mg and eight tablespoons across sixteen brownies is 5 mg each. The figure is a theoretical maximum: it assumes full decarboxylation and perfect transfer, and real kitchens fall short of both, in the safe direction.
Step 1
Decarboxylate
35–40 minutes at 115 °C turns THCA into THC. Without it, flower in butter does almost nothing.
Step 2
Infuse mildly
One gram per cup. Strong infusions make every mistake bigger; mild ones make normal recipe quantities land at sensible doses.
Step 3
Portion honestly
Level the batter, score before baking, cut on a grid, label the tin. Then eat one and wait two hours.
All thirty
The recipes.
Infusions · 8
10 mg / tablespoonInfusions
Infused coconut oil
Same maths as cannabutter, dairy-free, and it sets solid so you can portion it by the gram. Used in the gummies, chocolate bark and peanut butter cups.
10 mg / tablespoonInfusions
Infused olive oil
For pesto, dressings, crackers and roasting. Never for frying: THC degrades at high heat and the flavour turns bitter.
2.5 mg / teaspoonInfusions
Infused honey
The gentlest infusion here and the base for the drinks: about 2.5 mg per teaspoon (theoretical), the amount Health Canada suggests new users start at or below.
2.3 mg / millilitreInfusions
Alcohol tincture
Dropper-dosed and easy to measure: about 2.3 mg per millilitre (theoretical). Made cold, so nothing is lost to heat. The base for cannabis sugar.
2.8 mg / teaspoonInfusions
Cannabis sugar
Tincture dried onto sugar at room temperature. Spoonable, shelf-stable and gentle: just under 3 mg per teaspoon (theoretical).
10 mg / tablespoonInfusions
Infused ghee
Clarified butter takes the infusion well, keeps longer than cannabutter and suits Indian and Middle Eastern cooking.
5 mg / tablespoonInfusions
Infused cream
A small, perishable infusion for drinks. Half a gram per cup gives tablespoon doses near 5 mg (theoretical). Use within four days.
Bakes · 7
5 mg / squareBakes
Fudgy brownies
The classic, done at about 5 mg a square. Cut on a 4 × 4 grid with a ruler.
5 mg / fingerBakes
Lemon-thyme shortbread
Crumbly and lemony. Six tablespoons of infused butter and two of plain across twelve fingers.
3.3 mg / cookieBakes
Chocolate chip cookies
Portioned with a level cookie scoop so all 24 are the same size and the same dose.
5 mg / sliceBakes
Banana bread
Dairy-free, made with infused coconut oil. Twelve slices, marked before cutting.
2.5 mg / barBakes
Oat and honey breakfast bars
Uses the infused honey, so the dose is low and the bake is gentle. Twelve bars.
5 mg / squareBakes
Brown butter blondies
Brown the plain butter for flavour, then stir in the infused butter off the heat. Sixteen squares.
4 mg / sliceBakes
Lemon drizzle loaf
A lighter dose: four tablespoons of infused butter across ten slices, with a sharp lemon drizzle.
Sweets · 5
2.5 mg / gummySweets
Fruit gummies
A small batch of eight so the oil can be mixed evenly. Lecithin keeps the oil from separating while the gelatin sets.
2.5 mg / pieceSweets
Dark chocolate bark
Melted chocolate, infused coconut oil, whatever toppings you like. Score the slab into 16 while it is still soft.
2.5 mg / caramelSweets
Salted caramels
A stick of infused butter in a slab of soft caramel, cut into 32 small squares. A thermometer makes this easy.
5 mg / squareSweets
Rice crispy treats
No oven. Melt, mix, press, cut twelve. The butter is heated only enough to melt marshmallows.
5 mg / cupSweets
Peanut butter cups
Two layers set in the fridge. The infused oil goes into the peanut butter layer, portioned by the spoon into eight cases.
Savoury · 5
5 mg / portionSavoury
Weeknight pesto
Half the oil is infused, half plain. Portion the batch into eight before it goes near pasta.
2.5 mg / crackerSavoury
Savoury seed crackers
Thin, seedy, and at the lowest dose on the site. Cut into eight before baking so the maths holds.
5 mg / servingSavoury
Stovetop mac and cheese
The infused butter goes in at the end, off the heat, and the pan is portioned into eight equal servings before anyone helps themselves.
2.5 mg / 30 g servingSavoury
Rosemary roasted nuts
Roast the nuts plain, then toss them in warm infused oil and rosemary. Weigh 30 g servings into bags.
5 mg / serving (1½ tbsp)Savoury
Lemon vinaigrette
Four tablespoons of infused oil in a small jar of dressing, served by the measured spoon. Shake every time.
Drinks · 5
2.5 mg / glassDrinks
Mint and lemon mocktail
One teaspoon of infused honey per glass. Batch everything except the honey.
2.5 mg / mugDrinks
Golden milk
Warm, spiced and gently dosed. Whole milk gives the cannabinoids fat to bind to.
5 mg / mugDrinks
Hot chocolate
Real chocolate melted into milk, finished with a measured tablespoon of infused cream stirred in at the end.
2.8 mg / glassDrinks
Iced tea with cannabis sugar
Brew the tea however you like; the dose is the measured teaspoon of cannabis sugar stirred into each glass.
5 mg / glassDrinks
Berry smoothie
Blending is the easiest way to mix an oil infusion into a drink. Half a tablespoon of infused coconut oil per glass.
Tool
Your flower is not 18%. Re-run the maths.
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Questions
Before you start
Is this legal where I live?
Cooking with cannabis is legal only where possessing cannabis is legal, and limits differ by country and state. This site does not track the law; check it before you buy flower.
How accurate are the doses?
They are calculated ceilings, not lab results. Nothing on this site has been tested. Start at the bottom of the figure, not the top.
Can I use a stronger flower?
Yes. Either use proportionally less of it in the infusion, or keep the recipe and accept a higher dose; the calculator shows both. Re-label whichever you do.
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