Bird seed ornament mix
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Birdseed bound with flour, gelatin and corn syrup and molded in a muffin tin, then hung with string.
Ingredients
- 4 cups birdseed
- 3/4 cup flour
- 1/2 cup hot water
- 1 packet unflavored gelatin
- 3 tablespoons light corn syrup
- Muffin tin (mold) wooden spoon, string (about 12″ per ornament)
Equipment
- mixing bowl
- muffin pan
Directions
- Stir the birdseed and flour together in a large bowl.
- Heat the water until it is hot enough to dissolve the gelatin, then stir in the gelatin until it dissolves.
- Mix in the corn syrup.
- Pour over the birdseed and flour and stir until evenly combined.
- Pack into the muffin tin cups and press a hole into each one with the handle of a wooden spoon.
- Refrigerate overnight to harden (the freezer is faster), then lift out with a spatula.
- Run about 12″ of string through the hole and tie a knot.
Notes
Hang in tree branches. Ornaments kept at room temperature for about a week can go moldy; keep made-ahead ornaments in the fridge or freezer. They hold up well outdoors in freezing weather. Safety: use natural string or twine and take down leftover string so birds don’t get tangled; take down moldy ornaments.