Things You'll Need:
- 1 pound suet
- Cooking pot
- 1 cup peanut butter
- ½ cup cornmeal
- ½ cup oatmeal
- 2 cups birdseed
- Nonstick spray
- Muffin tin
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Step 1
Cut chunks of suet into 1 to 1 ½ inch cubes. Place suet in a pot.
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Step 2
Cook suet under medium-low heat. Do not cook the suet under high heat. The high heat will burn or scorch the suet. Cook the suet slowly.
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Step 3
Continue to cook the suet until it turns into a liquid. Lumps may still exist in the suet, but the majority of it will be a smooth liquid.
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Step 4
Add 1 cup of peanut butter. Stir the suet and peanut butter until a mushy mixture forms.
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Step 5
Stir in ½ cup of cornmeal and ½ cup oatmeal. Continue to heat the mixture to keep it from thickening.
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Step 6
Remove the pot from the stove. Add 2 cups of birdseed to the mixture. Stir the mixture until the seeds mix thoroughly.
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Step 7
Spray the muffin tin with nonstick spray. This will prevent the squirrel food cakes from sticking.
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Step 8
Fill the muffin tin with the squirrel food. Carefully spoon the mixture into the tin, and use a spoon to smooth the tops of the cakes.
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Step 9
Sit the squirrel cakes outside in the sun to dry. If it is not a sunny day, place the squirrel food cakes in the oven at 200 degrees for 1 hour. Lay the squirrel food out on the counter to finish drying.
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Step 10
Place the squirrel food cakes in a designated area in your yard. Keep the squirrel cakes away from your house to prevent the squirrels from ruining your home, garden, or lawn.
