Anyway, you're probably asking what this post has to do with cooking. Well, we made dried pumpkin seeds that turned out pretty good. It was a simple too. I just rinsed the seeds in the strainer to get all the pumpkin innards off of them and let them drain for a minute.
Then I heated a frying pan to med-high heat and melted about a tablespoon of butter (you could probably use a half tablespoon for the seeds of a single pumpkin). As soon as the butter melted, I added the seeds and enough salt to season the seeds. I like them pretty salty and used a few teaspoons of salt. I tossed them around in my pan for about 2 minutes and spread them out on a baking sheet.
Then I put them in the warming drawer of my oven for about 6 hours. I think you could probably cook them on low heat in the oven for a few hours if you don't have a warming drawer.
My dad used to make these all the time around Halloween and we always used to enjoy them.
Happy Halloween!!
1 comment:
yourpumpkin seeds sound Great... your dad got the receipe from his grandfather.... your great grandfather...before your time they had coal furnaces and they baked the seeds... I have to admit your receipe sounds greatly improved... I will try that
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