If you love to feed the birds i found this really easy recipe to make your little feathered friends happy and to give them a little food to eat to help them get through the winter months.
These are also great gift ideas. Keeping it simple and giving the experience of spending a few moments watching nature-a few moments to slow down, relax and slow the mind.
What you will need:
3/4 cup flour
1/2 cup water
1 envelope unflavored gelatin
3 tbsp. corn syrup
4 cups birdseed
molds (muffin tin, cookie cutters & mason jar rings)
nonstick spray
drinking straws
waxed paper
twine
1: boil water and dissolve the gelatin, add the corn syrup and flour and stir until well combined in large mixing bowl.
2: Add the birdseed to the mixture, stir until well coated. If you start mixing with your hands, i recommend spraying a little oil on your hands so the seed won't stick.
3: Spray your molds with cooking spray and spoon the birdseed mixture into each mold & pack it down. Cut straw in sections and insert in center of mold, making sure it goes all the way through.
4: Leave the birdseed mixture in the molds for 2-3 hours. Then remove the straws and lay out a sheet of waxed paper. Gently remove the hardened ornaments from the mold and place them on the wax paper upside down. Allow them to dry for at least another 2- 3 hours or overnight.
5: Cut your twine and carefully put it through the hole.
6: Package them up for gifts or place on tree for our little feathered friends.
