Fun with herb

White people always know what to do with herb that Black folks haven't even heard of let alone tried. All the White people I know have kits for their weed. Fancy old-skool lunchboxes filled with specialty papers, scissors, a pipe, filter paper and often a jar of roaches. Black people will often have to run next door for papers cuz we rarely think ahead. We spend enough time thinking about just how and where to get the shit in the first place. In this case I knew of the existence of herb-based cookies but a) never purchased enough to use recipes and shit with it, b) kinda just wanted to smoke it. My friend Roach was on it in a heartbeat, when she learned I had never had the pleasure.


This is how it went down:

Marijuana Cookies

Ingredients:

¼ oz herb
2 cups/ 4 stick of unsalted butter
¼ of brown sugar
1 large egg
½ teaspoon of baking soda
½ tsp. baking powder
pinch of salt
1 tsp. vanilla
¼ cup cocoa
1 cup water

Melt 4 sticks of butter in a heavy based pot. Don’t worry if it seems like a lot but the infusion takes a few hours and a bit of the butter is lost through evaporation.
Add 1 cup of water and bring to a boil
We used ¼ oz of herb, which we tied inside a piece of cheesecloth and dropped in our pot mixture of water and butter, turning the burner down to a simmer.

Simmer for 5-6 hours (stirring occasionally) or until the butter turns a dark green color.

If sitting in the house all day like we were, you might wanna crack open a window… or don’t and reap the rewards of a contact high from the herb wafting through your home for the better part of the day…like we did ;-)
Once the butter is dark green and murky looking, put in fridge for a ½ hour or so to solidify.

Once butter is solid again poke a hole in it through to the bottom, to let the water drain out, which should also allow the butter to release from the pan. Pour out any remaining water and place butter back in pan to gently melt.

According to the author of this recipe, the sugar ratio directly affects the effects of the herb so use sparingly. This will not result in the tastiest of cookies (we could taste the mary jane) but it will be potent and when eating ‘shrooms or pot everyone knows it’s not the taste that matters it’s the aftermath.

Combine melted butter with ¼ of brown sugar and cream together with 1 large egg
Add ½ teaspoon of baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
pinch of salt
1 tsp. vanilla
¼ cup cocoa
Dough will be slightly dry to the touch so I suggest using your hands rather than a mixer, besides it feels better to get your hands into your food. Get used to it; although I do have a very nice Kitchen Aid stand mixer I like to get my hands dirty as often as possible in my recipes.
Flatten dough to ¼ inch thickness and commence cutting in to shapes of your choice.

Bake at 350 C for 10-15 minutes depending on whether you like chewy or crisp cookies.
Let cool on racks for 5 minutes and enjoy with a big glass of milk or some other libation.