Squirrel snack mix
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Peanut butter, lard, oats, cornmeal, flour and sunflower seeds pressed into a pan and cut into squares.
Ingredients
- 1 cup crunchy-style peanut butter
- 2 cups quick oats
- 2 cups corn meal
- 1 cup lard
- 1 cup white flour
- 1 cup unsalted sunflower seeds
- 1 cup unsalted peanuts
- 1 cup whole corn kernels
- 8-by-8 foil pan mixing bowl, spatula
Equipment
- saucepan
- 9×9-inch pan
Directions
- Melt the peanut butter and lard together on the stove or in the microwave.
- Pour into a large bowl.
- Stir in the oats, corn meal, flour, sunflower seeds, peanuts and corn until the mixture looks like peanut butter.
- Press firmly into the foil pan and let cool completely.
- Take it out and cut into quarters, which fits most suet-style squirrel feeders.
Notes
Freeze unused pieces in plastic bags. Safety: use unsalted nuts. Fat-based blocks go rancid in hot weather; feed in cool months.