Homemade Bird Suet

The lovely and talented Martha posted a suet recipe

that I wanted to try for my bird feeder.

 I made the batch and it smelled like peanut butter cookies!

Alex kept laying a plate down by the pan, which means

he wanted to eat some! ha. I did taste it.  Not exactly a cookie. ha.

It made a nice large amount so I froze blocks of it

in zip-lock bags and hung the first block on the tree

and waited to see what sweet little bird would come first!

Whoa!

Little and sweet?  Not exactly!

Excited?  Yes!

Hey, you don't suppose that's the skinny Jack Sprat, do you? ha.

Here is Martha's yummy recipe...

Peanut Butter Suet

2 cups lard
2 cups chunky peanut butter
2/3 cup white sugar
4 cups rolled oats
4 cups cornmeal
2 cups flour
Birds Seed (optional)

Melt the Lard and Chunky Peanut Butter over medium heat (in a large kettle). Add the White Sugar, Oats, Corn Meal, and Flour. I normally feed the birds a mixture with nuts and/or fruits in it and sometimes I add some of that to the suet. Stir well. Line a large cookie sheet(s) with parchment paper and pour the suet mixture in and smooth it out. Cut according to your suet feeder size and allow to set/harden. I place mine outside where it's cold. When it's hard run the knife through the previous cuts again and fill the feeder. Store the rest in a Ziploc bag and freeze.

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