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Sweet Oat Bread for Birds (Pet Treats)

Ingredients

  • 500 mL (2 cups) whole wheat flour
  • 500 mL (2 cups) rolled oats
  • 20 mL (4 tsp) baking powder
  • 250 mL (1 cup) raisins or currants
  • 2 eggs
  • 300 mL (1 1/4 cup) milk
  • 90 mL (6 tbsp) canola oil

Directions

Preheat the oven to 190° C (375° F). Lightly oil two, 20.5x20.5 or 23x23 cm (8 or 9-inch) square pans. Stir together flour, oats, baking powder and dried fruit. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs with the milk, then add in the canola oil. Stir in the dry ingredients. Spread batter in prepared pans and bake about 20 minutes or until firm and barely browned. Remove from oven and let cool.

To Store:
Refrigerate in a sealed bag up to a week, or freeze up to 2 months.

To Serve:
Hang chunks in your Bird Feed Bag, or crumble for the bird table.

Source: Alberta Canola Producers Commission

Make Your Own Bird Feed Bag

A Bird Feed Bag is a mesh bag that allows for birds to hold onto the bag while accessing the food within. Bags can be devised from purchased or recycled material (eg. mesh bags from onions or oranges). Simply drop in the food, tie and knot and hang. If you wish to make your own, shop for some strong, coarse-meshed nylon curtain material. Stitch up a bag with a fold-over top to accommodate a drawstring. Strong mason’s cord (from the hardware store) makes excellent drawstrings and can be used for hanging, too!!

Make sure to hang your feeder bag in the shade, and to check that the oil in the food never becomes rancid. During the winter, cooler weather allows for the bird food to be edible for a longer period of time. We suggest changing the chunks of bird food every two weeks or less depending on the weather.