Bird Seed Bars for our WInter Birds

2 cups Birdseed Mix
2 cups Black Oil Sunflower Seeds
1 cup Raisins
2 cups Cornmeal or Flour (I did one cup of each)
3 cups Lard

In a large bowl combine the birdseed mix, the sunflower seeds, the raisins, and the cornmeal and/or flour.  Stir until everything is well mixed together.
Place the lard in a microwave safe bowl.  Heat in the microwave until melted.  This took 2 minutes and 30 seconds for me.  There were just a few chunks still not melted, but I just stirred them around and they quickly dissolved.
Pour the melted lard over the birdseed mixture.  Stir until everything is well moistened with the melted lard.
Line a 9×13 pan with parchment paper.  Pour the mixture into the lined pan and spread it around evenly, making sure to get it spread out well to the edges too.  You may want to add a few pencil size holes for hanging later
Put the pan in the refrigerator for several hours to cool and harden.
After several hours the birdseed cakes should be hard enough to cut.  Lift the parchment paper out of the pan and cut the block into 6 cakes that should be the perfect size to fit in most birdseed cake “cages” on bird feeders.

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