Weed loaf

Cannabis-Infused banana bread recipe

Banana bread always brings me back to my childhood. More often than not, my family wouldn’t eat all the bananas my parents tried to keep around the house for us, and it was my job (as a baker since I first got hold of an Easy-Bake Oven) to repurpose them before they went to waste. Banana bread is still one of my favorites; I often grab extra bananas at the store so I’ll have some brownish ones (you definitely want to use overripe fruit when you make banana bread) ready to mash a week or so later.

This recipe is a little more grown up than my childhood version. The cinnamon and orange zest are optional, but they balance out the earthy cannabis flavors quite nicely. In a pinch, lemon zest can be substituted. The best part: it makes a great breakfast, a light afternoon snack, or a sweet dessert. If you’re the wake-and-bake type, use your favorite sativa strain to get those thoughts rolling; if you’re more of a midnight snacker, try it with a heavy indica to help you relax and turn off for the night.

Cannabis Banana Bread Recipe

Start to finish: 1 hour 20 minutes (active: 20 minutes)

Yields: 12 servings

Approximate dosage: 10 milligrams per serving*

Ingredients

• 1 ¼ cups sugar
• ½ cup cannabutter, melted
• 2 eggs
• 1 ½ cups (3 to 4 medium) overripe bananas, mashed
• ½ cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon orange zest (optional)
• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon (optional)
• 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour the bottoms only of two mini loaf pans, or one large loaf pan.
Beat the cannabutter and sugar with a hand mixer or the paddle attachment of a stand mixer. Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat at a low speed until well blended. Add the mashed bananas, buttermilk, vanilla, and orange zest. Beat at medium-low speed until smooth.
Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Add them to the wet mixture while beating on low speed, and continue beating until just moistened.
If using nuts, fold them in and pour the mixture into pans.
Bake two mini loaves for 50–60 minutes, or one large loaf about 70–75 minutes. When done, a toothpick inserted into the center should come out clean. Let them cool completely (approximately two hours) before slicing. If stored in an airtight container, loaves will keep about five days at room temperature, or 10 to 12 days refrigerated.

Possibly the easiest cannabis bread recipe which also so happens to include beer as one of the only 5 ingredients. How awesome is this? Only one way to find out, make some Weerd Bread for yourself.

• ¼ to ½ oz cannabis flowers
•  ½ cup Butter 
• 3 Cups Self-Rising Flour 
• ¼ Cup Sugar 
• 1 (12 0z) can/bottle Beer

Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (121 degrees C). Grind and Decarboxylate Cannabis, combine with butter in a small oven proof bowl. Cover tightly with foil. Place in oven for 2 hours undisturbed.

Strain butter through cheesecloth or mesh strainer to remove plant material. Set aside.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Mix the flour and sugar in a medium bowl. (Also add salt and baking powder if using regular flour)

Slowly mix in the beer until well mixed.

Use infused butter to well grease your bread pan then pour dough into bread pan. Draw a line through the middle with a knife.

Pour butter over the dough mixture.

Bake for 1 hour in oven at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).8

Let cool before slicing and serving.

Pro tips for a perfect loaf

I always butter (or grease) my pans and then dust them with a light layer of flour whenever I bake cakes, brownies, or breads. This makes for a much smoother removal.
Position the oven rack so that the tops of the loaf pans are dead-center in the oven to prevent over-browning of the crust
Slather with butter (or more cannabutter) for an even better banana bread experience!

This recipe is for people who like to eat healthy without added butter, oil, fat or sugar. It’s a simple artisan bread recipe with 5g of marijuana in it and it’s a healthy way for medical marijuana users to get marijuana into their bloodstream without any extra calories. This recipe is quite time consuming but very easy and you get a steady high!

Ingredients:

• 5g of marijuana flowers that have been de-stemmed and deseeded
• 3 cups of all purpose flour (2 cups of white flour and 1 cup of whole wheat flour, the wheat flour is optional)
• Cornmeal/ wheat germ/ flaxseed meal, for dusting
• 1 and 1/4^th teaspoon salt
• 1/4^th teaspoon active dry yeast
• 1 and 3/4^th cup of non scalding warm water

Kitchen Tools:

• Grinder
• Oven safe ramekin
• Aluminium foil
• Metal pan with lid or Dutch oven

Instructions:

Firstly grind the marijuana flowers into a coarse mealy consistency. Make sure all stems and seeds have been removed. Put the marijuana in the ramekin and cover the top tightly with aluminium foil to seal it. Preheat the oven to 220 degrees and put the ramekin in for 1 hour. At the end of an hour take it out and you will have decarboxylated active marijuana. If you have earlier prepared decarboxylated marijuana you can directly use that in your recipe.

The next step is to prepare the flour mix. Mix the flours, salt, yeast and marijuana in a bowl using a whisk. Then add the warm water (110 degrees) to the flour and mix it well. It will form a shaggy sort of dough. This is the time when the yeast will develop in the dough. Cover the bowl with cling film and keep it in a warm spot of about 76 to 80 degrees overnight for at least 12 to 16 hours for the dough to rise to double its size. You know your dough is ready once you see small bubbles on top of it.

Next put the dough on a clean well floured surface and put some flour on your hands too.  Start folding the dough two or three times to form a ball. Place the ball with the seams facing down on a good coating of flaxseed mealor whichever meal you are using for dusting. Put some of it on top of the dough as well and put it in a cotton cloth and cover it lightly. Keep it aside to rise for 2 more hours.

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees about 30 minutes before you are ready to bake the bread.  Put the Dutch oven or metal pan in the oven to heat as well. When the dough is ready takethe pan out carefully using oven mitts and put the dough into the pan with the seam side facing up. Cover with the lid and put it in the oven to bake for 30 minutes.

After 30 minutes remove the lid off the pan and let the bread bake for about 5 to 10 minutes more. Then take it out and tap the crust of the bread for a distinct hollow sound and you’ll know that your bread is ready.Carefully tip the bread on to a cooling wire rack and let it cool for 2 hours at least.  Cut the bread only when has nicely cooled down and it’s ready to be eaten!

*Note: The amount of cannabutter specified in this recipe is a very loose suggestion; the actual amount you use should be modified based on the strength of your butter and the potency you desire. Dosing homemade edibles can be tricky (click here to learn why), so the best way to test for potency is to start with one portion of a serving, wait one to two hours, then make an informed decision on whether to consume more. Always dose carefully and listen to your body, and never drive under the influence of cannabis.