To continue this festive week of pumpkin celebration, I am going to share with you a few different recipes for roasting pumpkin seeds. They are each quite different yet very good! I found these recipes in a Relish Magazine that I received from my dad. We started by carving our pumpkins as a family!!
First, know that when adding the spices and then roasting, you need to use dried pumpkin seeds. There are two ways to do that. After removing them from the pumpkin, separate them from the pulp and rinse. Then if you want to roast them right away, you can put them on a cookie sheet in the oven for 30 minutes at 300 degrees. If you plan to roast them at a later time, you can lay them out on a cookie sheet and let them air dry. I left mine out to dry for about a day and a half.
Second, after you add the seasonings, you will want to bake them at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until fragrant and crisp. I sprayed my cookie sheet with a little bit of cooking spray and then when I removed them from the oven I immediately transferred them to a wax paper lined cooling rack so that they would not stick to the pan.
Like I said, they each turned out much different but they were all good and it is an easy way to appeal to more than one person’s taste.
MOLE SPICED
2 c DRIED PUMPKIN SEEDS
2 c DRIED PUMPKIN SEEDS
3 Tbl BROWN SUGAR
1 tsp CINNAMON
1 Tbl ANCHO CHILI POWDER
3 Tbl COCOA
1 Tbl FINELY GROUND COFFEE BEANS — (not instant coffee)
2 Tbl BUTTER — melted
1/2 tsp COARSE SALT
SWEET AND SALTY
2 c DRIED PUMPKIN SEEDS
2 Tbl BUTTER — melted
3 Tbl BROWN SUGAR
1/2 tsp COARSE SALT
1/2 tsp CINNAMON
SPICY HERB
2 c DRIED PUMPKIN SEEDS
1 Tbl CHIPOTLE CHILI POWDER
1/2 Tbl ONION POWDER
2 Tbl SESAME OIL
1 Tbl DRIED PARSLEY
1/2 tsp COARSE SALT
1 tsp CINNAMON
1 Tbl ANCHO CHILI POWDER
3 Tbl COCOA
1 Tbl FINELY GROUND COFFEE BEANS — (not instant coffee)
2 Tbl BUTTER — melted
1/2 tsp COARSE SALT
SWEET AND SALTY
2 c DRIED PUMPKIN SEEDS
2 Tbl BUTTER — melted
3 Tbl BROWN SUGAR
1/2 tsp COARSE SALT
1/2 tsp CINNAMON
SPICY HERB
2 c DRIED PUMPKIN SEEDS
1 Tbl CHIPOTLE CHILI POWDER
1/2 Tbl ONION POWDER
2 Tbl SESAME OIL
1 Tbl DRIED PARSLEY
1/2 tsp COARSE SALT
