Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Making roasted pumpkin seeds is a family tradition around here. We love snacking on them and trying different flavors.

📝 Ingredients

• 2 cups cleaned pumpkin seeds
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon melted butter
• Salt to taste

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Before baking pumpkin seeds, you want to remove all the slime first. Remove big chunks with your hands, then boil the remaining seeds and slime in salt water for about 15 minutes. This should separate the two.
2. 2Drain seeds and dry well with paper towels or a kitchen towel. Spread onto a baking sheet to dry OVERNIGHT.
3. 3Preheat oven to 300 F and dump dried pumpkin seeds into a large bowl. Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray.
4. 4Drizzle the pumpkin seeds with melted butter and olive oil then turn to coat all the seeds.
5. 5Spread onto the prepared baking sheet, making sure seeds are in a single layer.
6. 6Sprinkle with salt and any other seasonings you like (try some of my popcorn seasonings!).
7. 7Bake the seeds for 20-30 minutes, stirring halfway through cooking time. Begin checking for doneness at 20 minutes. When they are golden and slightly crispy, they are done.
8. 8For crispier seeds, turn off oven and leave the pan of seeds in for another hour while oven cools off.