How to Make Bird Seed Cookies
Bird seed cookies are fun and easy to make, and are truly appreciated by your wild avian friends in the dead of winter when pickings are slim. Making these cookies with nutritious ingredients from your kitchen is also much cheaper than buying similar commercially made products. They also make lovely gifts for the bird lovers on your list. If you're a squirrel enthusiast, rest assured that those little critters will be nothing short of thrilled with the new addition to their diet.
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Things You'll Need
- Mixing bowls
- Blender
- Towel
- Rolling pin
- Drinking straws
- Cookie sheets
- Twine
- All-purpose flour
- Granulated sugar
- Baking powder
- Bacon grease or melted lard
- 2 eggs
- Wild bird seed
- Plastic food storage bags
Instructions
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Combine two cups of flour, ¼-cup of sugar and ½ teaspoon of baking powder in a large mixing bowl.
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Stir ½-cup of bacon grease or melted lard into the dry mixture. Blend thoroughly until crumbly.
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Drop two whole raw eggs in their shells into the blender. Chop the eggs and shells. Pour the processed eggs into the dough, and knead them into it.
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Knead ½-cup wild bird seed into the cookie dough. Cover the bowl with a wet towel and refrigerate it for four hours.
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Flour a flat working surface and the rolling pin. Roll the cookie dough out to about ¼ inch thick.
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Cut the cookies from the dough with cookie cutters or with a mug or drinking glass. Pierce the middle of each cookie with a drinking straw to make holes for hanging the treats. Place them on an ungreased cookie sheet.
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Preheat the oven to 325F and bake the bird seed cookies for 10-13 minutes, or until they're hard. Remove the cookie sheet from the oven and cool it on a rack.
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Cut a piece of twine about three feet long for each cookie. Run the cording through the hole and secure the treat to the twine with a knot. Hang some of the cookies up outside for your wild birds, and refrigerate the others in plastic food storage bags for up to a week.
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