by Katie Adams 9 Comments
My favorite part of carving pumpkins is eating the toasted pumpkin seeds! Pumpkin seeds are so yummy and this is the only time of year I eat them!
Every year search Pinterest for a recipe because I can never remember what I made the year before. The recipe I found this year looked easy enough so I thought I would give it a try.
This recipe for Roasted Pumpkin Seeds came from Simply Recipes.
Ingredients
- One medium-sized pumpkin
- Salt
- Olive oil
How to Make Toasted Pumpkin Seeds
The fun part, at least for the kids, is gutting the pumpkins. I am a girly girl and I do not like being sticky or slimy and to me the inside of a pumpkin is disgusting! So I just supervise.
When all the "guts" are removed, put everything into a strainer in the sink. With water running go through the seeds until all those yucky, orange stringy things are gone.
It really doesn't take very long. Maybe 5 minutes.
I have never boiled my seeds before I had always just coated them and put them straight into the oven.
I must say I like boiling. It didn't take that much longer and the salty flavor was more infused then just on the outside.
Never seen boiling pumpkin seeds before? This is what they look like. It's kind of cool to watch!
After they have boiled for 10 minutes, take them out, and strain the water.
Pour the seeds onto a cookie sheet that has been lightly coated with olive oil.
The recipe says to bake for 10-20 minutes but mine baked for about 30 minutes. I baked in 10-minute increments and stirred the seeds on the sheet between each 10-minutes.
MMMMM! They came out nice and crunchy and not at all chewy.
Now that I have blogged this recipe, I will definitely be able to find it next year!
Toasted Pumpkin Seeds Recipe
Materials
- One medium-sized pumpkin
- Salt
- Olive oil
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400°F. Cut open the pumpkin and use a strong metal spoon to scoop out the insides. Separate the seeds from the stringy core. Rinse the seeds.
In a small saucepan, add the seeds to water, about 2 cups of water to every half cup of seeds. Add a half tablespoon of salt for every cup of water (more if you like your seeds saltier). Bring to a boil. Let simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and drain.
Spread about a tablespoon of olive oil over the bottom of a roasting pan. Spread the seeds out over the roasting pan, all in one layer. Bake on the top rack until the seeds begin to brown, 10-20 minutes. When browned to your satisfaction, remove from the oven and let the pan cool on a rack. Let the seeds cool all the way down before eating. Either crack to remove the inner seed (a lot of work and in my opinion, unnecessary) or eat whole.
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How to Make Toasted Pumpkin Seeds
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- Katie Adams
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Last Updated:
December 13, 2023
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AmieAnn
These look soo delicious.. I just love anything pumpkin!
Thanks so much for sharing with the Pink Hippo party.. can't wait to see what you share next!
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queen of string
Thank you for mentioning how to eat them. I lived in England most of my life and they are not eaten there. Now I am in Canada they seem popular, but I couldn't find any mention of how to eat them, I wondered if you had to split them like sunflower seeds. I have some boiling on the stove top as I type and tonight I will have my first ever roasted pumpkin seeds!
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Lindsay
Oh, I SO wish I would have known about this before I threw away all our seeds. That seems a lot easier than things I have heard about doing before! Next year for sure...
I am so happy you shared this @ Show & Share, thank you!
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Bulk Vegetable Seeds
Great post.Thanks for sharing such a useful information with us.
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Shannon Conner
Whenever I make pumpkin seeds they always end up chewy, so I am so excited to try your method!!
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Nici - Posed Perfection
Yum! I love pumpkin seeds! These look so tasty! Have a great week!
Blessings,
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Bonny @ thedomesticatedprincess.com
I love pumpkin seeds and have just tried winging a recipe, so I'm glad to have found a real one that is sure to come out yummy!
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Shannon Conner
Thank you for letting my feature this on my blog!
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Natalie B.
Thanks for sharing this on Tutorial Thursdays, I will definitely be trying these out as my last attempt at roasting pumpkin seeds was a failure!
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