Bird Suet Cakes - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 lb lard (no substitutes)
    2 cups chunky peanut butter (cheapest is fine)
    2 cups cornmeal
    2 cups flour (any kind)
    2 cups oatmeal (any kind)
    1/3 cup sugar
    2 cups bird seed
    1 cup dried fruits (optional)
Preparation
    Melt lard and peanut butter, in microwave oven about 3 minutes, stirring each minute; then add in all other ingredients and mix together.
    Scrape into flat pan (9-13), cool in refrigerator until hard.
    Cut to desired size and wrap in plastic wrap or foil.
    Refrigerate until ready to use.
    Place in small mesh bag (old produce bags work) and hang where birds can reach.
    Watch that other critters cannot get to it.

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