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How to Make Toasted Pumpkin Seeds

September 28, 2020 By: Katie9 Comments

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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 the 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 hate being sticky or slimy and to me the inside of a pumpkin is disgusting! So I just supervise.

a child's hand showing pumpkin guts and seeds to make roasted pumpkin seeds

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!

fresh pumpkin seeds boiling in a pot of salt water

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.

healthy toasted pumpkin seeds ready to eat

Now that I have blogged this recipe, I will definitely be able to find it next year!

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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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Comments

  1. AmieAnn says

    November 1, 2011 at 4:38 pm

    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!
    hope you stop by and enter my current 500 follower giveaway @ http://pinkapotamus.blogspot.com/2011/11/one-artsy-mama-giveaway.html

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  2. queen of string says

    November 3, 2011 at 12:50 am

    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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  3. Lindsay says

    November 7, 2011 at 1:58 am

    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!

    Reply
  4. Bulk Vegetable Seeds says

    January 26, 2012 at 4:38 pm

    Great post.Thanks for sharing such a useful information with us.

    Reply
  5. Shannon Conner says

    October 14, 2012 at 7:40 pm

    Whenever I make pumpkin seeds they always end up chewy, so I am so excited to try your method!!

    Reply
  6. Nici - Posed Perfection says

    October 15, 2012 at 2:06 pm

    Yum! I love pumpkin seeds! These look so tasty! Have a great week!
    Blessings,
    Nici

    Reply
  7. Bonny @ thedomesticatedprincess.com says

    October 15, 2012 at 8:20 pm

    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!

    Reply
  8. Shannon Conner says

    October 18, 2012 at 7:07 pm

    Thank you for letting my feature this on my blog!

    Reply
  9. Natalie B. says

    October 21, 2012 at 7:55 am

    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!
    x
    Natalie

    Reply

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