In order to do this, you’ll need to grind up a good amount of your preferred cannabis flower. Grind it up as fine as you can, too. When it’s all said and done, you’ll need a cup’s worth of freshly ground cannabis. In addition to that, you’ll need a cup of standard cooking oil.
You can use any sort of cooking oil you prefer. Canola, Coconut, whatever you like. Personally, I find that Olive tends to work best, but there is really no wrong answers here.
Then, you’ll want to grab a large saucepan. Place that large saucepan on top of a nearby heat source. Make sure that heat source, whatever it may be, never exceeds a “Medium” heat setting.
When that has had a chance to heat up a touch, toss in your oil and cannabis flower. Stir these two ingredients together a bit, but then allow them to simmer together for a little over 3 hours.
Every now and then, go back to the saucepan to give the contents a stir. You’ll want to make sure the THC, that is being activated through the low and slow heating method, is able to seep its way into every drop of that cooking oil. Make sure nothing starts to boil or burn, though. If that happens, you’ll render your entire batch useless, so stay vigilant.
When that 3+ hour time period has elapsed, remove the saucepan from the heat, and place it to the side momentarily. Now, you’ll want to prepare a container for storing. Most people use a mason jar of some kind, but you can feel free to utilize the glass confines of an old Olive Oil bottle, if you’d like. Just make sure you label it appropriately afterwards.
Over the opening of your chosen container, secure a piece of cheesecloth, with the help of a couple rubber bands. This material will act as a straining medium. It will prevent any unwanted floral components from finding their way into the cooking oil.
Then, once that is good and ready, gently pour the contents of the saucepan, through the cheesecloth, into the container below. When all of that Cannabis Cooking Oil has found its way into the container, simply remove the cheesecloth, and throw a lid on that sucker. That’s it.
You just made your very own batch of Cannabis Cooking Oil!