Description
These are NOT your grandma’s pumpkin seeds! Smokey, sweet, and wonderfully delicious.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups fresh pumpkin seeds
- ½ cup whiskey (such as Jack Daniel’s®)
- 2 tablespoons bacon drippings
- 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons salt, plus more to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C).
- Stir pumpkin seeds
- whiskey
- bacon drippings
- brown sugar
- and 2 teaspoons salt together in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Bring mixture to a simmer and cook until the seeds begin to turn gray in the middle
- 15 to 20 minutes; drain.
- Spread the drained seeds onto a baking sheet in a single layer; season with salt.
- Roast the pumpkin seeds in preheated oven until crisp and golden brown
- 60 to 90 minutes.
Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
Servings: 6