Sweet and Spicy Pumpkin Seeds

"It is like candy pumpkin seeds."
 
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Ready In:
11mins
Ingredients:
8
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 250°F.
  • Remove and wash seeds from pumpkin.
  • Spread seed on cookie sheet bake for 1 hour stirring occasionally, about one hour.
  • Combine in bowl 3 tablespoons sugar, salt, cumin, cinnamon, ginger, cayenne.
  • Heat peanut oil in large skillet over high heat.
  • Add pumpkin seeds and remaining 2 tablespoons sugar.
  • Cook until sugar melts and seeds caramelize (about 45 seconds).
  • Transfer to bowl with spices and coat well.
  • Let cool.
  • Store for up to 1 week in airtight container.

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Reviews

  1. These are delicious (though not exactly healthy!). We'd carved 2 large and 1 small pumpkin, resulting in just over 3 cups of seeds. As a result, I tripled the sugar and spices--NOT necessary! Instead, I think I could have just doubled it. However, since I had the excess already mixed, I used that to carmelize the seeds with the (canola, in my case) oil (instead of adding the extra tablespoons of sugar. It worked well! Can't wait to bring them to my husband at work as a quick pick-me-up!
     
  2. I substituted more cinnamon & ginger for the cumin and used canola oil. These are yummy!
     
  3. These are very good! I love the combination of sweet and spicy. Yummy and different.
     
  4. AWESOME! The best recipe for pumpkin seeds I ever had. We made this for our annual Trick or Treating party and it was a huge hit with adults and kids! I didn't have peanut oil so we used olive oil and they were fantastic...going to buy more pumpkins just to make more!
     
  5. This was good. I altered the recipe a bit though. Since I didn't have any peanut oil, after they baked in the oven for an hour, I tossed them lightly in 1 Tbs. butter. Then, I tossed them with the spices (which I tasted and they were too sweet for me, so I doubled them) Very good! Thanks!
     
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Tweaks

  1. I substituted more cinnamon & ginger for the cumin and used canola oil. These are yummy!
     
  2. This recipe is excellent--addictive! I actually found it first through CD kitchen--the version there lists coarse salt instead of salt. I use salt from my grinder, and the seeds never seem too salty to me.
     

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