Suet Bird Feeder Recipes
Recipe: Bird Tasties
4 C. suet
1/4 C. millet
1 C. cracker or bread crumbs
1/2 C. sunflower seeds
1/4 C. dried fruit: raisins,
Chopped currants or dates
1/4 C. peanuts or peanut butter
Melt the suet or solid fat in a large, heavy saucepan until it is liquified. Take away from heat and allow it to cool until somewhat thickened. Combine the remaining ingredients in a bowl, then pour the cooled down suet over the mixture. Stir thoroughly. While the mixture is warm and flexible, you can spread it on feeder sources for easy feeding. Another option is to spread it in a 1 inch deep baking pan and refrigerate overnight. When the suet is hardened, cut it into squaressized to fit feeder.
Beef Suet Recipe
1½ cups beef suet
1½ cups smooth or crunchy peanut butter
3 cups quick cooking oatmeal
3 cups cornmeal
1½ cups whole wheat flour
½ cup sugar
In a large saucepan over medium low heat or a microwave, melt beef fat and peanut butter, stirring frequently.
Stir in remaining ingredients. (If mixture is too dry add more melted beef fat.)
To make suet cakes out of the mixture, you may roll it into balls or form cakes like you would a hamburger patty. These can be wrapped in cellophane and stored in your freezer. Another option is to pour the mixture inti flat pans to form cakes.
Recipe: Gourmet Bird Food Balls
2 lb. ground suet
2 C. peanut butter
1/3 C. molasses
1/4 C. bacon grease
1 lb. regular oatmeal
1 C. cornmeal
Sunflower seeds
Recipe: Wild Bird Suet Muffins
2 C. warm rendered suet
1 C. dry bread crumbs
1 can dog food or 1 C. peanut butter
2 C. raisins
2 C. rolled oats
Render two pounds of raw suet by chopping in a meat grinder. Place in pot with 1/2 inch of water, cover with lid and place in a 350°F oven. Stir now and again. Tilt ld open after fat begins to run. Count on two to three hours of slow cooking time; strain liquid fat.
Bird Treats Recipe
1 1/4 lb. suet
1/2 C. sunflower seeds
1/2 C. crushed peanuts
1/2 C. cracked corn kernels
Melt suet slowly in the oven or sauce pan to yields about 2 cups liquid fat. Stir in peanuts, sunflower seeds and corn. Spoon into molds of choice, cool in the refrigerator until solid. Remove from mold when cooled and solid, place in feeder and hang outdoors!
Bird Crumble Recipe
2 C. melted peanut butter, bacon grease, meat grease or other fat
2 C. cornmeal, or stale dry cereal
blended into crumbs
Warm water
2 to 3 C. wild birdseed
Raisins, nutmeats or chopped peanuts
combine peanut butter and fat, slowly melt over low heat. Add cornmeal or cereal crumbs. Slowly add enough warm water to make a stiff dough, then add birdseed and raisins, nut meats or chopped peanuts. Pack mixture into small foil pans or a large flat pan and refrigerate overnight. Cut into pieces to form cakes or crumbles.
Peanutbutter Suet Recipe:
1 Cup Chunky Peanut Butter
2 Cups Cornmeal
2 Cups Quick Cook Oats
1 Cup Lard or Crisco
1/3 Cup Sugar
Peanut Butter Suet Recipe:
1 Cup White Flour
1 cup crunchy peanut butter
1 cup lard or Crisco
2 cups quick cook oats
2 cups cornmeal
1 cup flour
1/3 cup sugar
Melt the peanut butter and lard and add remaining ingredients and cool.
Corn Suet Recipe:
2 cup fresh ground suet
1 cup peanut butter
2 cups yellow corn meal
2 cups fine cracked corn
Melt suet in a saucepan over low heat. Allow it to cool thoroughly; then reheat it. Add peanut butter, stirring until melted and well blended. Add dry ingredients to the suet peanut butter blend, mixing well. Pour into forms or suet-feeders, and cool until hardened.
Seed & Nut Suet Recipe:
2 pounds fresh ground suet
1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
1/2 cup coarse-chopped shelled sunflower seeds
Melt suet in a saucepan over low heat. Add peanut butter, stirring until melted and well blended. Stir in the sunflower seeds, mixing thoroughly. Pour into cake pan and allow to cool Cut into cakes that fit suet feeder You can then individually wrap the remaining cakes and store in freezer for future use.
Seed & Nut Suet Recipe:
1 cup fresh ground suet
Homemade Suet Recipe:
1 cup peanut butter
3 cups yellow corn meal
1/2 cup white or whole-wheat flour
Melt suet in a saucepan over low heat.
Add peanut butter, stirring until melted and well blended. Mix the rest of the ingredients together in a large bowl. Allow the suet-peanut-butter blend to cool until slightly thickened, then stir it into the mixture in the bowl. Mix thoroughly. Pour or pack into forms or suet feeders, smear onto tree trunks or overhanging limbs and branches or pack into pine cones.
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