Cannabis cookies are the entry-level edible — easy to make once you have cannabutter on hand, and the dose-per-cookie is straightforward to calculate. This is a standard chocolate-chip recipe with cannabutter swapped in for regular butter.
Read the cannabutter recipe first if you don't have a batch ready.
Ingredients (makes ~20 cookies)
- 1/2 cup cannabutter (1 stick)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar (packed)
- 2 cups chocolate chips (semi-sweet works best)
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla (optional)
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. In a large bowl, cream the cannabutter with both sugars until light and fluffy.
3. Beat in the egg and vanilla.
4. In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda.
5. Add dry ingredients to wet, mixing slowly until combined. Don't overmix.
6. Fold in chocolate chips.
7. Roll dough into balls (about 1 tablespoon each), place on a parchment-lined cookie sheet, 2 inches apart.
8. Bake 10-12 minutes until edges are golden and centers are still soft. They'll firm up as they cool.
9. Cool on the sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack.
Dose math
The whole batch contains the THC from 1/2 cup (1 stick) of cannabutter. With 20 cookies in the batch:
- Per-cookie dose ≈ (total mg THC in butter ÷ 20)
- If your batch was 1/4 oz of 20% flower per pound of butter, the whole pound contains roughly 700-1,000 mg THC. 1 stick = 1/4 lb = 175-250 mg THC. Per-cookie dose ≈ 9-12 mg.
That's a reasonable serving for someone with edibles experience. For a first-timer, cut a cookie in quarters and start with one quarter (~2-3 mg).
Safety
- Edibles peak 2-3 hours after consumption. Wait at least 90 minutes before re-dosing. Most overdose stories trace back to "I didn't feel anything so I ate more."
- Label the container clearly: "Cannabis cookies — keep away from kids/pets."
- Lock them up if you have kids in the house. Cookies look like normal cookies.
What flower goes into the butter
The butter recipe doesn't care if the flower is pretty. Older flower, shake, or trim works fine — the cooking process extracts THC regardless. The flower section at Seattle Cannabis Co. carries singles, eighths, and ounce options at a range of price points; if you tell a budtender you're cooking, we'll point you at value-density options.