Ok, So I made Canna Butter for the first time...

40g to a pound of butter is probably not enough, even if it is really potent trim or bud. To make two sticks of butter, I use 60 g. If I'm making 4 sticks, I'm using at least 4 oz of premium sugary trim (none of the non-sugary fan leaves or stems). Even if I was using straight up buds, I'd use a half ounce per stick. If it ends up being really strong, then you can either make things weak (recipe calls for one stick, use half stick regular, half stick canna), or eat half a cookie (yep, on some batches half will do you in).

Your process seems fine (melt butter, add water, add budda, boil for extended period of time, cheesecloth strainer, cool, ditch the black death water), but from looking at your butter...it's weak. Here's a photo of a 4 stick batch, the light green on the outside is just the plate. I do a crock pot method for 24 hours, but it is essentially the same steps.

Regarding vaporizing the THC during the cooking process...remember that it is the internal temperature of the batter with which we are concerned. Although the product is at 350 for 10 minutes, the cookies themselves do not necessarily reach 350. I do, however, reduce my temps to 325 and extend the cook times because my oven is pretty shady and I'd rather be safe than sorry.

1. Make butter
2. Melt chocolate chips
3. melt and add butter
4. Add coconut, heath, macadamia, or whatever you like.
5. Cut out the bottom of a dixie cup. Using this and a paper muffin cup, you can tare out your scale and pour out 25g chocolates (or some other weight, but make it consistent so you can tailor your dose) Or, you can use squares of tinfoil and a cup to make containers that will not only work for weighing, but will also be rigid enough to use for cooling.
6. To cool, place the paper cup in a muffin pan and place in the refrigerator.
7. Melt your face.

I think I've got you.

First off you must Decarboxylate your flower before extracting. This activates THC-A and CBD-A into THC and CBD. THC-A and CBD-A have no psychotropic effects.

Second thing, try a phospholipid like sunflower Lecithin. Phospholipids do a number of things for us here. They help the THC bond to the butter faster and more efficiently. And most importantly phospholipids will disguise the THC resin from your body as a molecule that is more easily and readily available for the human body to absorb.

A few weeks ago I was smoking over a gram of wax a day, now I ingest 2-3 tablespoons of cannibutter a day.

I used about an oz of bottom buddz in a lb of butter with some sunflower lecithin (phospholipid). Thanks to my new Ardent Fx I now only smoke when friends are around.

Everyone's tolerance is different, so you'll have to find your own dose.

I hope this helps your situation! Fingers crossed!

P.S. I am not a scientist, so please read on these subjects - Decarboxylation, Phospholipids in thc activation

And for anyone out there looking to spend WAY less time to get the best thc infuzed goodies they've ever made.. Look up the Ardent FX. It may be about 300 bucks after coupon, but this baby will decarb your flower/consentrates, it will infuze your butters and oils, AND it will bake your goodies for you.. its like the EZ bake of the stoner world. Holds like 4 oz of flower, up to like lbs of butter at a time.

Also, for the general public. Let me first say that I am not trying to bash on anyone's methods or anything.

For those who grind their flowers before decarb/extraction and dont like the taste of your cannibutter:
If your budds are large and compact, break them up into chunks instead of fine grinding.
THC Trichomes are on the flower, not in the flower.
Grinding your flower kills the flavor of your butter.