BIRD FEEDER CANDLES 
Preparation: 15 minutes. Baking: 3 hours. Yield: 5-10 candles.

5 lbs. suet
Wild bird seed
Sunflower seeds
Crunchy peanut butter
Red cherries
Sm. milk cartons or paper cups
Potpie pans

Place suet in covered roaster; bake at 300 degrees for 3 hours, or until all fat is rendered. Strain; measure, reserving 1 cup. Combine bird seed with sunflower seeds. Mix 2 cups warm fat to 1 cup seeds. Pour into 8 ounce cartons; refrigerate. When ready to use, melt reserved fat. Peel paper cartons off seed mixture. Set each "candle" into a potpie pan; pour melted fat around each candle to secure. Frost top with peanut butter and add a cherry for the flame.

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