An easy, straightforward recipe for ooey-gooey pot brownies ready in as little as 30 minutes; no fancy ingredients or special equipment required. Learn how easy it is to make these delicious brownies with different options like cannaoil, cannabutter, cannabis sugar, concentrates, and more.
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- A tried-and-true weed brownie recipe with over 1,000 positive reviews. No fluff, just the good stuff!
- Infusion options include: cannabutter, canna oil, cannabis sugar, concentrates, decarbed flower, and more.
- Use this batter as the perfect blank canvas for your favorite toppings like chocolate chips or sea salt.
Why You Will Love This Recipe
If you’re finding this recipe through a random internet search, welcome; I’m glad you’re here!
If you've been searching for the perfect cannabis brownie recipe, this is it. I've created something delicious yet simple to share with you and my Well With Cannabis Community.
If this is your first time making edibles, have no fear, this is the most straightforward guide, complete with step-by-step photos and simple instructions.
In this post, you will find my easy recipe, must-know tips and tricks, alternate infusion options, and thoroughly answered FAQs so you can make your pot brownies perfectly the first time.
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Ingredient Notes
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour: white, all-purpose, AP flour works best in this recipe
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder: When measuring flour or cocoa powder, use a spoon to transfer the flour from the container to your measuring cup and then level it out with a flat edge, like a butter knife. This helps prevent packing and makes for better brownies.
- ½ teaspoon salt: or to taste
- ½ teaspoon baking powder: don't confuse this for baking soda
- ½ cup cannabis butter: The first step is to make this ahead of time. Start with my guide to making cannabutter in a crockpot or an Instant Pot. You can purchase flower from my shop, if needed. The cannabutter should be softened to room temperature for the best results. This makes all the difference in the creaming process. You can substitute cannabis coconut oil here, but it should be room temperature. You don't want to use melted butter; you want to be softened. Learn how to safely soften cannabutter here.
- 1 cup sugar: I use both white and brown sugar in this recipe, but you could substitute cannabis sugar if you want
- ½ cup brown sugar: if you don't have any, use 1½ cups of white sugar in total
- 2 large eggs: farm fresh
- ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract: for taste
- Optional toppings: feel free to add nuts, chocolate chips, caramel, or sea salt
- Infusion options: you can infuse this recipe in many different ways. Find them under the Alternate Infusion Options section below
Note: a complete list of ingredients with amounts and printable instructions is located in the recipe card below.
The Step-by-Step Process
- Step 1 - Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease an 8"x8" metal baking pan and set it aside.
- Step 2 - In a medium-sized bowl, mix the dry ingredients. Sift the flour and the cocoa powder to remove any lumps, then add the salt, followed by the baking powder. Set aside.
- Step 3 - Cream the cannabutter, granulated white, and brown sugar in a large bowl with a hand mixer.
- Step 4 - Add the eggs and vanilla to the creamed sugar.
- Step 5 - Beat on medium speed for one minute (the mixture's color should lighten a bit).
- Step 6 - Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.
- Step 7 - Beat on low speed until everything is well incorporated.
- Step 8 - Transfer the batter to the reserved greased baking pan. Lightly tap the pan to even out the batter.
- Step 9 - If you want to add any additional toppings, add them now.
- Step 10 - Place the pan in the oven to bake for 25-30 minutes. The time will depend on your oven and your brownie consistency preferences. Test the finished brownies with a toothpick* (see notes below).
- Step 11 - If you can wait, allow the pan of brownies to cool for 30 minutes on a wire rack before cutting them into squares and removing them from the pan.
- Step 12 - Enjoy these easy pot brownies over ice cream, in a Sundae, topped with dark chocolate chips - and repeat!
Note: complete step-by-step printable instructions are located in the recipe card below.
Storage Instructions
These delicious pot brownies have the same shelf life as any other brownie. Store them in an airtight container at room temperature for up to seven days. After seven days, individually wrap them in parchment paper and then saran wrap and place them in the freezer to prevent spoilage. They can last a very long time in the freezer. Additionally, storing these brownies in an air-tight container with a slice of bread will keep them soft and moist. Learn more about how to store edibles here.
Alternate Cannabis Infusion Options
As with all things edibles, there is more than one way to infuse something. Below we will explore the different ways you could infuse these special brownies.
Cannabis Oil or Cannabutter
This is the most popular way to infuse. Choose among these popular staple recipes: coconut oil, cannabutter, kief cannabutter, MCT oil, or even olive oil.
You can adjust the amount of butter or oil used alongside regular butter or oil to control your dose if needed.
Once you have your cannabis-infused oil or butter prepared, you can use it anywhere fat is called for in a recipe.
You can also use your Grandma's sacred brownie recipe and the oil or butter called for with your infused option.
Making your oil or butter at home also allows you to choose what type of cannabis flower you want to use. THC dominant cannabis flower is the preferred starting material, but you can also use CBD flower, CBG flower, or even kief, leaves, trim, or shake.
Cannabis-Infused Sugar
You can make these brownies with cannabis-infused sugar; swap the infused sugar for white or brown sugar. You could also use both infused oil or butter and infused sugar for extra potent brownies.
Cannabis Concentrates
Easily make these brownies with concentrates. All can work for this recipe, from CBD distillate or CO2 oil to shatter or wax and FECO or RSO. Just be sure to check if your concentrate needs to be decarbed first. Then, mix the concentrate with ½ cup of regular butter or organic coconut oil, and then prepare the recipe according to the instructions below. How much you will add is up to you and your taste preferences; 1ml or 1 gram is an excellent place to start.
Cannabis Tinctures
If you want to use an alcohol-based cannabis extract in this recipe, be sure to evaporate the alcohol and make FECO first. If you want to use an oil-based tincture, use it in place of the butter or oil mentioned above.
Decarbed Flower
While it's not my favorite way, you can add decarbed weed or decarbed kief right into this recipe and the flour mixture. Learn more about the decarboxylation process here. Just be mindful of adding the correct dose for you, especially if you are not a regular consumer of edibles.
Leftover Cannabis Pulp
If you want, you can add the leftover cannabis pulp to your brownie mix. Add a ¼ to ½ cup of the leftover pulp to the chocolate mixture as an additional ingredient. Note that the plant matter may affect the final texture of this easy pot brownie recipe.
Notes and Expert Tips
- Pro tip: A good brownie is fudgy, but for even FUDGIER brownies, use a ½ cup of all-purpose flour instead of a ¾ cup. Skip this if you prefer cakey brownies.
- Baking note: All ovens bake at different temperatures; 25 minutes is an average baking time. Some ovens will bake quicker, so check your brownies for your desired doneness with a toothpick. The toothpick does NOT need to come out clean, unlike making a cake. Making fudgy brownies will leave deliciousness on the toothpick. Just verify that what is in the toothpick doesn't have a batter consistency, which would indicate that the batter needs to bake a bit longer. Adjust accordingly to find your perfect texture.
- Know your dose: If you have never had homemade edibles before, it is essential to note that they are different than other consumption methods. Edibles will likely affect you differently than inhalation, topical, or sublingual application methods. Your experience may also be different if you use an Indica or Sativa strain. Additionally, edibles take 30-minutes to several hours to hit and can last 6-12 hours, so don’t reach for that second helping so quickly! You want to make sure your high time is a good time 🙂 If you accidentally get too high, check out these solutions here.
- Be safe: I know marijuana edibles are the hot new thing to try, but I want you to be safe. One of the most important things about cannabis edibles is to follow the golden rule, start low and go SLOW! Keeping your mg of THC low is the best way to stay safe. Do not eat an entire batch of marijuana brownies in one sitting, no matter how much you love the flavor of your homemade weed brownies.
- Be prepared: Learn how to easily make the staple recipes needed to infuse this recipe, like cannabutter and cannabis sugar, with my Cannabis Cookbook
Frequently Asked Questions
I want you to feel amazing, like Martha Stewart, making the best marijuana brownies. So, if you have a little bit of reading time available, here are some of the most common FAQs about making these delicious cannabis brownies that I get from my Well With Cannabis Community.
Yes, you sure can! A typical box of brownie mix calls for ½ cup or ⅔ cup of butter or vegetable oil. Just swap that vegetable oil for ½ cup or ⅔ cups of your infused butter or oil and follow the package instructions as listed.
It might. However, the smell will be significantly reduced if you already have the oil or butter prepared and are not actively decarbing or infusing.
Cannabis edibles affect every person differently because of our unique endocannabinoid systems (ECS). This, paired with our physiology, means we will all experience the effects differently. Some of the most commonly reported effects include a feeling of intoxication or being high, sleepiness, drowsiness, happiness, pain relief, and more.
To determine how many milligrams of THC will be in your final batch, you need to know how much weed to add when making oil or butter. You can use my flower or oil ratio guide to determine what's best for you. This recipe calls for a half-cup of oil or butter, which breaks down to approximately ¼ ounce of flower used to make this recipe. Of course, the potency will depend on the strength of your flower, so feel free to use my edibles dosage calculator for a closer guesstimate.
Your final milligram dosage of either CBD or THC will entirely depend on the strength of the material you start with. If you make your product with trim or shake, it will be less potent than if you make your cannabis oil or butter with premium, high-quality flower or kief. Remember, the better the bud, the better the butter for edibles. You can also adjust the amount of cannabis flower used to make your oil or butter. For example, while the traditional ratio is 1 ounce of flower to 1 pound of oil or butter, you could use a ratio of 1 ounce of flower to ½ pound of oil or butter for a more potent final product. Additionally, adding cannabis concentrates can quickly increase potency.
If you purchase your flower at a dispensary, it will state the % THC, making it easier to determine the final milligrams. If you know that number and how much bud you've used in grams, you can input your information into my online dosage calculator to help you guestimate your final dose. You can calculate the dose for the entire batch of brownies or just a single serving. But, of course, if you don't know your starting material's potency, the final strength can be anyone's guess.
As silly as that sounds, it's a legitimate question that gets asked more times than I'd like to admit. Dogs do well with CBD, but they don't do great with high amounts of THC. If your dog eats your cannabis brownie, I urge you to call your vet for further recommendations.
How to Determine The Dosing
Want to get a more accurate guesstimate of the potency of your cannabis infusions and extractions? Try our popular edibles calculator!
Not sure what your perfect dose is? Learn more here.
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Easy Homemade Cannabis Brownies
Ingredients
Brownie Batter:
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup cannabutter or cannabis coconut oil, room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar or cannabis sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Optional Toppings:
- 2 tablespoons chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons crushed walnuts
- ⅛ teaspoon flaked sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350° F. Grease an 8"x8" metal baking pan and set it aside.
- In a medium-sized bowl, mix the dry ingredients. Sift the flour and the cocoa powder to remove any lumps, then add the salt, followed by the baking powder. Set aside.
- In a separate medium-sized bowl, cream the cannabutter, granulated white, and brown sugar together with a hand mixer.
- Add the eggs and vanilla to the creamed sugar and beat on medium speed for one minute (the mixture's color should lighten a bit).
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and beat on low speed until everything is well incorporated.
- Transfer the batter to the reserved greased baking pan. Lightly tap the pan to even out the batter.
- If you are adding and any optional toppings, like sea salt, add them now.
- Place the pan in the oven to bake for 25-30 minutes. The time will depend on your oven and your brownie consistency preferences. Test the finished brownies with a toothpick* (see notes below).
- If you can wait, allow the brownies to cool for 30 minutes before cutting into squares. Enjoy and repeat!
Notes
- When measuring flour or cocoa powder; we recommend you use a spoon to transfer the flour from the container to your measuring cup and then leveling out with a flat edge, like a butter knife. This helps prevent packing and makes for better brownies.
- *Unlike making a cake, the toothpick does NOT need to come out clean. Making fudgy brownies will leave deliciousness on the toothpick. Just verify that what is in the toothpick doesn't have a batter consistency, which would indicate that the batter needs to bake a bit longer.
- For even FUDGIER brownies, use a ½ cup of all-purpose flour instead of ¾ cup.
John
What affects the cannobutter. Sometimes they put me in a coma. Other times nothing. What is going ?
Emily Kyle
Hi John. Are you starting with a different product or strain each time you make a batch? Different strains of cannabis can contain variable amounts of THC and can affect us differently.
Tish
Hello! This looks awesome and I can't wait to try it! Is there a reason why the recipe doesn't contain sunflower lecithin or is it the assumption that it was added into the oil/cannabutter pre-infusion? Thanks for the treasure trove of information!
Emily Kyle
Hey Tish! Thanks so much for stopping by. Lecithin is not needed for the structural integrity of this recipe (like in gummies). If you want to add it for bioavailability reasons, if it's not already in your oil or butter, I would add just a half teaspoon to the batter 🙂
Bubba Kush
I've made these brownies probably 50 times at least and they're always a big hit 👍👍👍 I'm actually getting ready to make a batch right now and figured I'd leave my thoughts 😁
Emily Kyle
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts, Bubba! I really appreciate it 🙂
Jess
Hi! I was wondering if you had an estimate of how many mg of thc there is in this recipe if it calls for a 1/2 cup of cannabutter. I know every strand is different but just an approximate guess, or guess of how many mg are in each serving.
Emily Kyle
Hey Jess! It's really too hard to give a random amount because it depends on A. how strong the flower is and B. how much flower you added to the cannabutter. If you know those numbers, you can use my edible dosage calculator to get a guesstimate 🙂
Rob
Hello, is it ok to add cannabis oil instead of canna butter/ cannabis coconut oil? Bc it’s so hard to find or make.
Emily Kyle
Hey Rob, that should work just fine 😀
Angela
Just a quick question for a newbie.
Can the left over flower after infusion be added to the brownie mix when making?
I’m trying to work out what to do with it after making the infused coconut oil.
Thank you for the very informative posts
Emily Kyle
Hello Angela! Yes, you can definite add the leftover flower to brownie mix, just add it in as an extra ingredient 🙂 I also have several other ideas for what to do with the leftover pulp if you're looking for more ideas!