Sweet Pumpkin Seeds

Description

My husband asked if I could make a sweet pumpkin seed batch from all the pumpkin seeds we got from carving jack-o’-lanterns.

Ingredients

• 2 cups raw whole pumpkin seeds
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• ½ cup white sugar, divided
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon, divided

Instructions

1. Remove all the pulp and strings from the pumpkin seeds
2. then wash and thoroughly dry the seeds.
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
4. Place the melted butter in a bowl
5. toss the seeds in the butter to coat
6. and pour them onto the prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle about 2 tablespoons of sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon over the seeds
7. stir the seeds around to mix the coating
8. and spread them into a single layer. Bake the seeds in the preheated oven for 5 minutes.
9. Remove the seeds from the oven
10. and sprinkle them with another coating of 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon
11. mixing the seeds together and spreading them out as before. Bake 5 more minutes. Repeat the coating and baking step one more time
12. and bake the seeds for 5 more minutes.
13. Sprinkle the seeds with the remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar
14. mix
15. and bake the sugar coating onto the seeds
16. about 10 more minutes. Let the seeds cool on the baking sheet before eating.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 25 mins

Total Time: 1 hr

Servings: 8