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
• Butter
• Granulated Sugar
• Cookie Cutters
• Cookie Sheets
• Drinking Straws
• Rolling Pins
• Twine
• 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.

[ScarlettOHairy]

on 12/31/2008 What, these are for the birds to eat? Dang. (grin) Great idea to keep the tweeters happy in the cold.

[amylaine]

on 5/15/2008 My grandparents use to do this when I was a little girl. I remember hanging them in the trees. Thanks for the recipe, I will be sure to do this with my kids this Christmas.

[AbbyNormal]

on 1/27/2008 JimRiverLady - your comment really touched my heart.

[JimRiverLady]

on 12/17/2007 I made these cookies as a tribute to my dad. He always loved to feed the birds. I sent these to all of the grandchildren to hang out in the yard this Christmas in memory of grandpa and his love of nature. Everyone liked the idea and now we will use it as a tradition to remember those we love.

on 1/2/2006 Use Christmas cookie cutters instead of the glass to cut out different shapes and make each hole about 3/4 inch from the top. When the cookies are baked, put a short piece of twine through each cookie individually and tie at the top. Hang these outside like ornaments on a live tree for the birds.