Homemade Soft Suet and Hard Suet

Making homemade Suet for the birds and other animals is very easy. Below are both recipes!

Homemade Soft Suet ~ Non-Cooked

1 cup smooth or chunky Peanut Butter
1 cup Vegetable Shortening
1 cup White Flour
2-3 cups Yellow Corn Meal ***(see Note)***
1 cup Quick Oats

I use a Kitchen Aid mixer to mix all the ingredients, however you can mix it by hand.

***(NOTE)***(Start by using 2 cups of Corn Meal if its to moist add the remaining Corn Meal.)

After it is mixed you can add:

Optional: Any of the following ingredients:

Hulled Sunflowers, Chopped Nuts, Cracked Corn, Raisins or Dried Fruits.

Mix ingredients together well and roll into little balls and stuff in a Suet log or smear on the trunk of a tree or branch or on a rock.

To make the Suet Log.. pick a log of your choice and drill large holes for the Peanut Butter Suet. Add a chain to hang your log.


Store in a covered container in the refrigerator.
When you need to re-fill your log, take a knife and slice a few chunks of the Suet (It gets hard in the refrigerator) Let it get to room temperature so that you can easily fill the Log.

If you like a softer Suet add more Peanut Butter and Shortening. If you would like a drier Suet to crumble on the ground add more Corn Meal, Oats & Nuts.



Homemade Hard Suet ~ Cooked

1 cup smooth or chunky Peanut Butter
1 cup Vegetable Shortening
2 cups White Flour
2 cups Yellow Corn Meal
1 cup Quick Oats

Melt the Shortening and Peanut Butter in a large pan. Remove from the heat.
Add the Flour, Corn Meal and Oats. Mix well. If its to moist add more Corn Meal.

After it is mixed you can add:

Optional: Any of the following ingredients:

Hulled Sunflowers, Chopped Nuts, Cracked Corn, Raisins or Dried Fruits.

Let the Suet cool a little bit so that its easy to handle.

To shape your suet:

Save old store bought Suet containers.. spray with cooking spray and fill with the Peanut Butter Suet. Press, cover and let dry in the Freezer.

Or spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray and form the Peanut Butter Suet into Pattys. Flatten out. Cover and let dry in the Freezer.

After they have dried. Wrap them individually in plastic wrap and store in the freezer. When ready to use, place the Suet Patty/Cake in a Wire Suet Feeder.

Link to my video on Crumbled Homemade Suet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJaRDho73kE

Happy Birding!!

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[nr4dw]

thank you for this great information

[NaturesFairy]

@nr4dw Your very welcome!! :)

[missnaturefae]

ooooo yippy, i have everything in my cupboard so will be making this for my birdys xxxxx

[NaturesFairy]

@missnaturefae Oh thats terrific!! :) The animals/birds will love you for this treat!! Hugs and Blessings!

[CindyPDX]

Fantastic helpful video! Can't wait to try your ideas and make my own bird suet. BTW, I love your accent! I didn't realize you were in FL until the end of this video. Thought you were more up north on the east coast. Amazing how so many US states your way have so much snow while Portland, Oregon is having some strange early spring temps in Jan & Feb (in the low to high 50s'F!) Thank you for sharing this great video. Keep warm your way!

[NaturesFairy]

@CindyPDX Im so glad you like my video. I am from Mass,, ,I went back to listen to my video and at the end it does sound like I said Florida!! LOL!! We have had a brutal winter here in Massachusetts! I wish we could get a few days of 50 to help melt the ice!! Thanks so much for watching and the nice comment!!

[NaturesFairy]

@mdragon180 Thank you so much!! :) U will make many friends with these recipes!! :) HugS!!

[mdragon180]

Awesome vid my friend! Great how to. I'll be making this for our feathery & furry friends too. Thanks for the info :-)

[NaturesFairy]

@Helenhealer Thank you sweet Helen!! I love seeing my little feathered friends enjoying the treats I make. Love you!!

[Helenhealer]

this is so cool!!!! i bet it was so satisfying making this and watching them eat it!! thank you so much beautiful xxx love you xxx