Bird Seed Ornaments

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The recipe below made this batch of ornaments (on a 16x14" sheet), which I didn't roll out but,
instead, just filled cookie cutters and flattened the seed mixture down inside them.

Recipe for a basic bird seed cake:
Ingredients

• 3/4 cup flour
  
• 1/2 cup water
  
• 3 tablespoons corn syrup
  
• 4 cups bird seed, any type

Directions
In large bowl mix all the ingredients together. Roll mixture out on wax paper. Cut out shapes using cookie cutters. Make a small hole in the middle of each cut out. Let dry 4-6 hours or over night turning often to dry both sides. Hang in trees and bushes using short piece of raffia or cotton yarn that birds can use in the spring to line their nests.


TIPS: fill cookie cutters (nothing with intricate details) with mixture (pressing down FIRMLY, and filling to about 3/4") instead of cutting the rolled out mixture; let dry overnight, flipping once; unmold very carefully by slowly pushing the mixture out of the cutter near the sides.

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Bird Bread:
Ingredients

• 2 cups melted peanut butter
  
• 2 cups cornmeal
  
• warm water
  
• 2-3 cups wild bird seed
  
• raisins or nutmeats or chopped peanuts

Directions

1. Slowly melt peanut butter over low heat.
   
2. Add cornmeal.
   
3. Slowly add enough warm water to make a stiff dough.
   
4. Add birdseed and raisins, nut meats or chopped peanuts.
   
5. Pack mixture into small foil pans or a large flat pan.
   
6. Refrigerate overnight.
   
7. Cut into pieces for tying onto tree branches.

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