These cannabis pumpkin bars are a fall sheet-pan dessert for a crowd: soft, cinnamon-spiced squares under cream cheese frosting. You blend cannabutter with plain butter to land on the dose you want per square.
Dosing cannabis pumpkin bars: blend the butter
Work backward from your target. For 24 squares at about 5 mg each, you need about 120 mg in all. If your cannabutter is estimated at 40 mg per tablespoon, that's 3 tablespoons, with plain butter making up the rest of the cup. Leave the frosting plain, cut exactly 24 squares, and start with half of one. Effects can arrive up to 2 hours later, so wait before having more.
Ingredients and method
Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, spice and salt. In a second bowl, whisk the eggs, then the pumpkin, sugar and melted butter blend, and fold in the dry mix. Bake until a toothpick pushed into the middle comes out free of wet batter, cool completely, then spread on a frosting of cream cheese, butter, vanilla and powdered sugar. Our cannabutter recipe covers the infusion. Order flower ahead from your nearest store and join The Society, our free loyalty program, to earn points.
Storage and labeling
Refrigerate frosted bars in a container labeled "infused," with the date and mg per square. If a child or pet eats one, call poison control at 1-800-222-1222.
Party plan: bake a plain batch too
Holiday tables draw every age, so bake a second, plain pan and keep the two apart. Use separate containers, label both, and serve the infused squares yourself instead of leaving them out. Only adults 21 and older who know what they're eating should get one, and Michigan law bans driving under the influence, so plan rides home. For more fall edibles recipe ideas, see our edible bake-off guide.
