Now that the Hummingbirds have headed back to Costa Rica (take me with you!) it’s time to start prepping for my Winter Feathered Friends. I’m making suet, today. Here’s my recipe:
Suet Cakes
2 cups Oatmeal
2 cups Cornmeal
1 cup Flour
1/2 cup Sugar
1 cup melted Lard (Bacon grease, bear fat, regular lard)
1 cup melted Peanut Butter
1/2 cup or so dried fruit or chopped nuts, optional
In a large bowl, mix together dry ingredients. In a microwave safe bowl, melt lard and peanut butter. Stir melted fats into dry ingredients. Will be sticky! Pack into square molds, or using a cookie scoop, plop onto a cookie sheet, flatten slightly, then freeze. When frozen, put in a zip lock bag and keep in the freezer. If scooped, 4 ‘portions’ fit in a square suet feeder basket.