Nutty Fruit Birdseed Hanging Ornaments

By tschnet1

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup water
• 3 tbsp corn syrup
• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/4 oz unflavored gelatin
• 4 cups bird seed
• small pan
• spoon
• whisk
• medium bowl
• small molds or waxed paper and cookie cutters
• cooking spray
• straw or skewer

Preparation

Step 1

Combine water and corn syrup in a small pan. Stir over medium heat until the mixture comes just to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in gelatin until the gelatin is dissolved.

Add flour, whisking the mixture as you slowly pour in the flour. Continue whisking until the combination is smooth and thoroughly combined. The mixture should have the consistency of brownie batter. It is is too thick, stir in a teaspoon of water at a time until it reaches the right consistency.

Measure bird seed into a mixing bowl. Pour the corn syrup mixture over the bird seed and stir gently. Make sure all of the bird seed is coated with the corn syrup mixture.

Spray small molds with cooking spray. Spoon the bird seed mixture into the molds, coat waxed paper with cooking spray.

Poke a hole at the top of each bird seed ornament using a straw or skewer. Allow the ornaments to dry for 3 - 4 hours. If they were dried in molds, turn them out onto waxed paper. Allow the ornaments to finish drying overnight Tie ribbon or raffia through the holds and hang the ornaments on a tree.