How to Make CBD Butter: Easy 10-Minute Recipe and Dosing Chart

What is CBD butter?

CBD butter is ordinary butter with CBD oil stirred in, for baking, cooking or toast. CBD dissolves in fat, and taking it with fat can increase how much your body absorbs (more in our CBD bioavailability guide). Made with a 0% THC broad spectrum oil, it won’t get you high.

How to make CBD butter at home

You’ll need

• 250g unsalted butter (a standard block; salted works too)
• CBD oil: the amount from the table below
• A small pan and a lidded tub or silicone mould

Method

1. Melt low and slow. Melt the butter on the lowest heat, or in short microwave bursts, until just liquid. Don’t let it bubble or brown.
2. Cool slightly. Off the heat, leave for 2 to 3 minutes.
3. Add the CBD. Measure the oil with the dropper’s ml markings and stir for a full minute.
4. Pour and set. Pour into your tub or mould and chill, stirring once or twice in the first 20 minutes so the CBD stays mixed.
5. Label it with the strength and date (see safety).

How much CBD oil to add

Multiply the CBD you want per portion by the number of portions, and add that total. A 250g block makes about 17 tablespoons, so 10mg per tablespoon needs about 170mg. A dropper gives roughly 20 drops per ml (see CBD oil strengths explained).

Baking eight brownies at 10mg each? That’s 80mg in total: 16 drops of a 1,000mg oil in the butter for the whole tray. Always work out the CBD per finished portion, and measure in ml where you can, as droppers vary.

The FSA’s 10mg a day figure is precautionary advice rather than a legal limit, set while longer-term safety research continues. At Evopure we think it is a very cautious figure, and many adults use more. If you go above it, increase slowly, and check with your GP or pharmacist first if you take any medication. See our CBD dosage guide.

Unflavoured Broad Spectrum CBD Oil is broad spectrum CBD in organic MCT oil, 0% THC, in all three strengths. Sleep CBD Oil adds passion flower and a terpene blend, and Flow CBD Oil adds ashwagandha and maca (500mg and 1,000mg). Comparing brands? See best CBD oil UK.

Does heat destroy CBD?

Gentle melting and normal baking are fine. In one lab study, baking CBD into brownies did not degrade it; another found that keeping CBD oils warm for days reduced their CBD, more in sunflower oil than MCT. The “160 to 180C” limit often quoted for CBD has no measured source we could find, so treat it as a rough guide.

• Bake as normal. Inside a bake, temperatures stay well below the oven setting.
• Don’t fry or sear with it. Cook with plain butter and add CBD butter at the end.
• Stir into sauces off the heat.

More tips in cooking with CBD oil.

Cooking with CBD butter

• Brownies and bakes: swap it for plain butter. See our CBD brownie recipe and CBD cake recipes.
• Toast, crumpets or porridge: the easiest to dose.
• Vegetables, pasta or rice: stir in at the end, off the heat.
• Hot drinks: a teaspoon in coffee, tea or hot chocolate. See CBD coffee, how to make CBD tea and our hot chocolate recipes.
• Smoothies: use CBD nut butter or coconut oil. See CBD smoothie recipes.

Vegan, coconut and nut butter versions

• Vegan: use a block-style plant butter. All Evopure oils are vegan.
• Coconut oil: 250g with the same amount of CBD, set in a jar.
• Nut butter: soften a 340g jar of smooth peanut or almond butter, stir in about 115mg of CBD (roughly 5mg per tablespoon) and stir before each use.
• Ghee: same method, good for savoury dishes.

CBD butter vs cannabutter: UK law

Cannabutter is butter simmered with cannabis flower, which contains THC. In the UK, cannabis is a Class B drug: possession can mean up to 5 years in prison, and producing or supplying it up to 14 years. “CBD oil cannabutter” recipes using hemp flower are caught too, because the flowers and leaves count as cannabis in law. Pure CBD is not controlled, so the legal route is a 0% THC broad spectrum oil stirred into butter. More in is CBD legal in the UK?

You don’t need their hours of simmering either. Raw flower needs long heating to activate its compounds, but CBD oil is already extracted (see CBD extraction methods compared), so it only needs mixing into fat.

Searching “black butter CBD”? It isn’t a cooking butter but a hemp resin (hash) sold by several French and Spanish CBD shops at around 70% CBD. Evopure isn’t connected with these sellers. Cannabis resin is a Class B drug in the UK, so it isn’t legal to buy here.

CBD body butter

CBD body butter is a cosmetic, not a food. To make it, gently melt 100g shea butter with 50g coconut oil, take it off the heat, stir in 1ml of CBD oil, chill for 20 minutes, then whip with a hand mixer until fluffy. Patch test on a small area first. Prefer ready-made? See our CBD balm guide.

Storage, labelling and safety

CBD butter keeps like normal butter: up to 2 weeks sealed in the fridge, or up to 6 months frozen. A silicone mould gives ready-measured portions. Keep it away from light and heat (see how to store CBD oil).

• Label it: “CBD butter”, mg per tablespoon and the date. It looks like ordinary butter.
• Keep it away from children and pets. The FSA doesn’t recommend CBD for under-18s, and Evopure products are for adults (18+) only.
• Tell guests before serving it.
• Pregnancy and medication: We don’t recommend our products during pregnancy or breastfeeding. On medication? Check with your GP or pharmacist first.
• Make it for your own use: selling CBD food falls under FSA novel food rules.