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Homemade Bird Suet Cakes

a healthy treat for your backyard birds including nuts and seed, cormeal and oatmeal.

Cuisine Wildlife/Bird food
Keyword bird food, bird suet cakes, homemade suet
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Cooling time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup crunchy peanut butter
  • 1 cup lard or shortening
  • 2 cups quick oats
  • 2 cups cornmeal
  • 1/2 cup whole wheat flour oat flour may be substituted
  • 2 cups birdseed and/or nuts

Instructions

  1. Heat the peanut butter and lard together over low heat, just long enough to melt and mix it together.

  2. Add all the rest of the ingredients and mix well to moisten all the dry ingredients.

  3. Put warm mix into containers to harden - used store bought suet trays, metal baking trays, plastic food containers. If you are concerned about removal, spray lightly with cooking spray, or dip the container in hot water to loosen the cake. This works well with metal like loaf pans. Avoid freezing in one large block unless youplan to feed it that way. The suet does not cut well when hard.

  4. Put in the freezer to harden. Remove the suet from the containers and store in a plastic bag in the refrigerator or freezer. Will keep several weeks frozen.

Recipe Notes

Substitutions / additions - meal worms, in-medicated chick starter, millet, pearled barley groats, salt-free peanuts.

If squirrels are an issue, a little red pepper can be mixed in, or use prepared food made as a squirrel deterrent.