Bird Cakes

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 lbs hard vegetable fat or 2 lbs lard or 2 lbs suet
• 3 cups bird seed (i buy the winter mix)
• 2 cups peanut butter
• 1 cup cornmeal (millet, quinoa or semolina can be substituted)
• 1 cup oats
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup currants (or other dried fruits)
• 1 cup cracked corn (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a large pan start melting the fat.
• 2 when almost melted, take off the heat, add the rest of the listed ingredients and mix well.
• 3 let the mix cool enough for the seeds to be evenly distributed and not sink to the bottom.
• 4 fill your molds, cool until set and un-mold.
• 5 important: do not use old and used fat from your deep fryer because that is not good for the birds.