100% best way to make pumpkin seeds!

[Whitehouse Quail]

We carved pumpkins this week, and wanted to cook the seeds to eat. Normally we soak them in saltwater overnight then bake in the morning for hours with salt, but this year, on a whim from our grandmother, we did this:

Melted a stick of butter on our baking tray
Spread the unwashed, unsoaked seeds with little flecks of orange on the tray
Coat with salt

And bake at 200 for a while, turning every once half hour about, and wait till they are done!


OMG these were the BEST pumpkin seeds we ever made!

If you don't believe it, try it and see!

 

[redhen]

Thats how we do it...

Now i have a craving..lol

 

[geebs]

we add a little garlic salt & worschestershire and the butter of course

 

[Arcnadius]

How do you know when the seeds are "done?" Do you bake them until they're golden brown?

 

[SparksNV]

Please post how to tell when done!!!! I have a bunch I need to bake! Thanks!

 

[Whitehouse Quail]

We bake them till they are dry, we sometimes have to pour off the butter and put back in at 250 for a little while...

We just taste them to tell if they are done!

(Noramlly 4 hours, more or less.)

 

[litterbitt]

I'll have to try this! I've always done them the way my mom did: boil in salt water (with a little garlic sometimes), drain, and spread on cookie sheet to bake till golden. They are delicious this way...

 

[pookiegoldman]

Yep, butter, salt and we add garlic powder and creole seasoning. They come out perfect.

We'll also do a sweet spice mix. Butter, cinnamon, sugar & pumpkin pie spice... Those are great!

 

[2DogsFarm]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You can leave some of the GOO on them?
Cool!

I grew pumpkins this year & have been giving the innards slime w/seeds to the chickens.
But if I can avoid having to de-gooify the seeds I may save some for MEEEEEE!!!