What is the best way to cook the pumpkin seeds?

Question

Tonight we are carving our pumpkins and my kids love the pumpkin seeds...any good tips for baking them??

Answer 1

1 1/2 cups raw whole pumpkin seeds
2 teaspoons butter, melted
1 pinch salt
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
Toss seeds in a bowl with the melted butter and salt. Spread the seeds in a single layer on a baking sheet and bake for about 45 minutes or until golden brown; stir occasionally.

Answer 2

I think the easy way is to clean them, sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar and bake them.

But then there's this one. I saw it last night on the Food Network with Sandra Brown:

Caramelized Pumpkin Seeds
Recipe courtesy Sandra Lee

1/2 cup butterscotch caramel sauce
1 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon extract
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
3 cups pumpkin seeds, roasted
1 cup almonds, crushed

Lightly coat baking sheet with cooking spray and set aside.

In a large skillet, slowly melt the caramel sauce and sugar. When melted stir in cinnamon extract and cayenne. Continue cooking until mixture reaches a temperature of 310 degrees F. Stir in pumpkin seeds until completely coated. Spread caramelized seeds onto the baking sheet and sprinkle with crushed almonds. Separate seeds with wooden spoon until cooled.

Cook's Notes:
Melted sugar is very hot. Please use extreme caution when handling and pouring. Pumpkin seeds may be purchased already roasted. If using the seeds from a jack-o-lantern, rinse and clean seeds. Place on a baking sheet, lightly coated with cooking spray, in a preheated 250 degree F oven. Roast seeds for about 1 hour stirring every 15 minutes. The actual seed of the pumpkin is inside the hull. The hull is edible.

Answer 3

I rinse them well using a strainer, soak them in salt water for about an hour. Then drain the water, cover a greased (vegatable oil) cookie sheet with foil, spread out the pumpkin seeds, sprinkle with salt while they are still wet and bake at 350 until crisp. Watch them closely and test taste while they are cooking to get them just right. They don't take long to cook,

Answer 4

Put them on a cookie sheet and season them with your favorite spices. I like salt only but you can use anything you prefer. Bake at 350 for about 15-20 mins. Should be crunchy when done. Good Luck!

Answer 5

Take a cake tray place foil paper on top, put cleaned seeds to the top sray with butter and sprinkle garlic salt on top, cook for 45 mins.
You can also do this with cinnamin to make sweet seeds, or brown maple sugar.

Just a few ideas.

Answer 6

Wash them off in a collander. Lightly grease a cookie sheet with non- animal oil. (or they have a short shelf life because they go rancid) bake 350 degrees F.Salt is optional.
Watch them so they dont burn. Altitude affects baking time so that is why I cannot nail down the exact baking time.

Answer 7

Coat them with butter or olive oil. Salt them and bake on a tray till they are toasted.

Answer 8

rinse well, and either coat with salt and a little black pepper or cinamon and sugar. spread evenly over a cookie sheet and bake at 350 until crisp!

Answer 9

the Better Homes and Garden website has a recipe along with carving ideas;

Answer 10

rinse well, salt them(also, you can add some chile powder)
bake them in the oven for about 15 min. at 350*