oh, and EVERYTHING has to cook man, that's the kicker.
My leaf compost I amend with all my nutrients, so it breaksdown as the leaves compost, I have millions of redworms in there, as well as native worms, and over the course of about 3-6 months (depending on how much you turn and ambient temps) it breaks down into a pure crumbly spnogey like humus, almost looks like worm castings, only it's spongey and crumbley as opposed to more clay like (the worm castings)
you can't really bypass it though, gotta age it.
Especially with the nutrients I like, which are more meal based, dry, slow release nutrients, which in my experience, do the best for cannabis.