How to Make SUET BALLS for Birds

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🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable shortening

Coconut oil is plant-based and can be healthier, while vegetable shortening is often less expensive.

peanut butter

🥗Healthier: almond butter

💰Cheaper: sunflower seed butter

Almond butter is a healthier nut option, while sunflower seed butter is often cheaper.

dried fruit

🥗Healthier: fresh fruit

💰Cheaper: raisins

Fresh fruit can be healthier, while raisins are a cost-effective dried option.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: agave syrup

Honey is a natural sweetener, while agave syrup is often less expensive.

Put a pot on the stove and add in 2 packs of wholesome fat.

Melt the fat down until it's liquefied.

Add in 2 heaped dessert spoons of peanut butter and mix until it becomes a liquid mixture.

In a mixing bowl, add 7 cups of birdseed.

Pour the liquid mixture onto the birdseed and mix until well combined.

Separate the mixture into two bowls.

Add 1.5 cups of flour to one bowl and mix until it binds.

If the mixture is too dry, add more peanut butter; if too wet, add more flour.

Take a handful of the mixture and compress it into a ball, aiming for about 150 grams or fitting in the palm of your hand.

Repeat until all the mixture is formed into balls, which should yield about 14 balls.

Put the balls in the fridge overnight to set and harden.

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