Zick dough mania

I finally made some Zick Dough suet and put it out in one of the feeder cups. It took no time at all before the female bluebird was eating it to beat the band. She looked up as if to say, "Hey now, I don't recall your offering this yummy treat before!" Moments later, her husband caught onto the goodness in the cup. Soon other birds were checking it out as well. The Pine Warbler and Wren were next in line.

It was really quite easy to do. Just follow the recipe:

1 cup lard
1 cup peanut butter
2 cups instant oats
2 cups yellow corn meal
1 cups flour
1/3 cup sugar

Simply melt the lard and peanut butter together over low heat. Once smooth, remove from heat and add the dry ingredients. It's easier to just use your hands as mixing that much with a spoon is rather challenging. I also doubled the recipe. Once it was all mixed, I spread it out onto a cookie sheet and popped it into the frig to cool. After a couple of hours, I cut in into chunky squares and threw it into gallon sized bags. Easy breezy, and LOTS of dough to offer some very appreciative birds! Thanks Julie!