What are some good ways to cook/eat pumpkin seeds?!


Question: I just carved a pumpkin and got a bunch of seeds out of it. I was wondering if you know how to cook them? Can you put them in the oven?


Answers: I just carved a pumpkin and got a bunch of seeds out of it. I was wondering if you know how to cook them? Can you put them in the oven?

Toasted Pumpkin Seeds

1 1/2 tablespoons salt
3/4 cup pumpkin seeds

Preheat oven to 300 F. Remove seeds from pumpkin and wash in
colander under warm water. Spread seeds on cookie sheet and sprinkle
with salt (use more or less to taste). Bake 20 to 30 minutes, or
until seeds are dry and crisp. Remove pan from oven with potholders.
Set on heat-proof surface until seeds cool. Store in airtight
container. You can adjust this recipe to make as many seeds as
you like, just add or decrease salt as desired.

VARIATION: Try substituting other type of salt, i.e., garlic salt,
celery salt, seasoned salt, onion salt, etc. for a different taste.

Toasted Spicy Pumpkin Seeds

2 cups pumpkin seeds
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
3 tablespoons butter, melted
1 teaspoon salt

Preheat oven 225F. Rinse pumpkin seeds until all the pulp and
strings are washed off. In a medium bowl, combine Worcestershire
sauce, hot sauce, melted butter and salt. Add the seeds and stir
until coated. Spread out on a baking sheet and bake 1 to 2 hours,
until crisp, stirring frequently to prevent scorching.

bake them and sprinkle some salt on them

I take them and rinse the pulpy stuff off, leave them to dry on a few paper towels for a bit, then put them in a bowl with half a stick of melted butter, some honey, and plenty of freshly ground black pepper, garlic powder, and a little bit of salt. After that I spread them on a non stick cookie sheet and put them in the oven at 275 degrees Fahrenheit. I don't have a set time, but I check on them occasionally and pull them out when they look golden-brown. This is how I like them, but I'm sure there are plenty of other ways to do it.

Wash well to remove all of the smirch, put in a bowl of strong salt water and soak over night, weight down with a saucer. Drain, dry off with a towel and put on a cookie sheet lined with tin foil and then put in the oven for about an hour at 350, shake your pan once in awhile, if you have dinky seeds they won't be that good, the good ones are the fat ones.

I was just on the AOL website and on the front page there is a recipe for pumpkin seed brittle, same thing as peanut brittle but you use pumpkin seeds.





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