PEANUT BUTTER BIRD SUET

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Want to attract your feathered friends? Want something cheaper and better than the suet blocks found in 'big block' stores? The birds go crazy for this! We get several species of woodpecker, bluejays, chickadees, nuthatches, blackbirds, snowbirds and others coming to taste our wares!

Provided by Northern_Reflectionz

Categories     Lunch/Snacks

Time 5m

Yield 4 blocks

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup lard
1/2 cup suet
2 cups oatmeal
1 cup mixed wild bird seed
1 cup cornmeal
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup chopped cranberries or 1 cup raisins

Steps:

  • Melt the lard and peanut butter, and mix in the dry ingredients and bird seed. Often we mix in bacon fat, bread crumbs, Red River cereal, or whatever we have on hand. Work well together. Make into 4 x 4 x 2 inch blocks and freeze. Place in suet feeder in a tree and watch the birds come to feast!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1179.3, Fat 89, SaturatedFat 32.4, Cholesterol 43.7, Sodium 311.9, Carbohydrate 77.3, Fiber 12.9, Sugar 7.6, Protein 26.5

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