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A couple of years back a reader asked if I had a recipe for pot peanut butter cookies (actually she asked for pot peanut budder cookies, same thing).
I could not believe I had never published a cannabis peanut butter cookies before. Since then this Pot Peanut Butter Cookies recipe has been the overall most popular recipe on this entire website, and it has A LOT of competition.
What Kind of Peanut Butter for the Best Pot Peanut Butter Cookies?
In most cases I favor all-natural peanut butter, you know the kind that usually has a thick layer of oil on top and is made from just peanuts and salt. However, all-natural peanut butter does NOT make the best pot peanut butter cookies!
They come out kind of grainy and dry. I learned this the hard way. So, for this recipe, I recommend something like Jif or Skippy. Either creamy or crunchy style will do, as to your preference for chunks or no chunks.
I use marijuana-infused butter to medicate this Cannabutter Peanut Butter Cookies recipe. My How to Make Cannabis Butter tutorial will teach you how to make it.
Chilling the dough before baking helps keep the cookies from spreading out too much, although if you are impatient, you can skip this step, but expect thinner cookies.
Freezer Friendly Pot Peanut Butter Cookies
For hot medicated cookies anytime, freeze individual unbaked cookies on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet. Once frozen, transfer to a plastic freezer container or bag. Whenever you want a medicated treat, remove however many cookies you want at a time and bake according to recipe instructions, adding a minute or two to the baking time.
A note about the Dosage on this recipe!
This recipe will have about 25 mg THC per cookie IF you made your marijuana butter from average cannabis (10% THC) and used 1/2 ounce of marijuana to make 1 cup butter. That is a substantial dose for many people, so you may want to cut it in half.
Even better, learn how to adjust the dosage for your personal needs and to reflect the strength of the marijuana you are cooking with and the amounts you used to make your butter. Take my FREE 10 minute online Dosing Class that will teach you how to do it, or better yet, use my handy dosage calculator tools that do all the math for you (see below).
Pot Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup cannabis infused butter
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar packed
- 1/2 cup peanut butter see note above
- 1 egg large
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- Beat the butter with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the brown sugar and white sugar well.
- Lower mixer speed and beat in the peanut butter and the egg.
- Mix in the dry ingredients until just combined.
- Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill for at least 3 hours.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Use clean hands to shape the dough into 24 small balls. Place about 2 inches apart on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Flatten the cookies with a fork, pressing a crisscross pattern onto the surface.
- Bake for about 10 minutes or until light brown.
- Remove from oven and let cool for 1 minute before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
Making Marijuana Butter
This tutorial will teach you to make the marijuana butter used in this recipe.Edibles Dosing:
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Love these cookies and the dosing calculator makes sure they are not to potent
Thank you. They must be great because they are my most popular recipe out of all the recipes on the site.
These are great! Nice alternative to the standard choc chip.
I grow my own, and always shake up strains, so dosage is out the window for me. I just leave it up to trial and error on consumption. 😉
I am happy you enjoyed them!
I made these cookies yesterday. They turned out amazing! Thank you!! 🙂
Thank you for the kind words.
Cheri, you’re an angel for including the dosage for this recipe! They came out perfectly, and take no time at all to bake. Plus, there’s something special about combining the flavors of peanut butter with cannabis.
Thank you for the kind words.
Can u use thc butter in all ready prepackaged cookie mix and if so do u substitute the butter for the thc butter
Yes and yes. Substitute some or all of it. how much will depend on your dosing needs and the strength of the cannabis. For more information take my free online dosing course at Cannademy.com.
I am a fairly experienced cook., but this was my first attempt at a marijuana edible. This was an excellent was an excellent way to start.
YAY! I am so happy to hear that.
Do you have the nutritional values? Please and thans
I do not. Sorry.
Turned out fantastic!
How long will these keep for?
Probably a week or so. As long as any other cookie. You can also freeze unbaked cookies and bake as needed.
My Cannabutter is quite green, is this normal? I still smell and taste weed flavor in the butter.
That’s totally normal. See this article for details.
https://www.cannabischeri.com/food/cooking-basics/what-color-should-cannabutter-be/
Thank you Cheri, I rolled the dice anyway and the peanut butter removed the weed flavor and smell. The recipe is perfect! Cheers!
How many does it yield
It says right on the recipe, 24 cookies.
I doubled this recipe and boy are they good. Better yet, they work great for pain, with the strain (peanut butter runtz) I use.
Wonderful, that is what we love to hear!
I made a double batch and they were excellent. They looked just like the picture.
Awesome! Thank you for sharing!