How to Make Birdseed Cookies

These baked birdseed cookies are a real hit in the Northwest.

Difficulty:

Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Birdseeds
• Rolling Matts
• All-purpose Flour
• Baking Powder
• Butter
• Granulated Sugar
• Cookie Cutters
• Cookie Sheets
• Drinking Straws
• Rolling Pins
• Twine
• Cookie sheets
• 2 eggs

1. Combine 2 c. flour, 1/4 c. sugar and 1/2 tsp. baking powder.

2. Add 1/2 c. butter or shortening.

3. Mix until crumbly.

4. Drop in two eggs - include the shells.

5. Knead 1/2 c. wild birdseed into the dough.

6. Cover with a wet dish towel and refrigerate for 4 hours.

7. Sprinkle flour on a rolling pin and rolling mat.

8. Roll out the cookie dough to about 1/4-inch thick.

9. Use a coffee mug or large drinking glass to cut circles in the dough.

10. Press a drinking straw into the center of each cookie, making a small hole. This is where you'll tie twine through to hang the cookies.

11. Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet at 325 degrees F for 10 to 13 minutes. The cookies are done when they're hard.

12. Cut a 3-foot piece of twine.

13. Tie a knot at one end and string a cookie onto it. Above that, tie another knot and string another cookie onto it.

14. Continue until you have a string of cookies.