How to Make Crispy Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

It’s been a lot of fun decorating our home in Park City for the season, and that just gets me in the mood for all things fall! The boys carve pumpkins each year and then we like to bake the pumpkin seeds for a healthy snack! It’s a fun and festive Halloween treat. It was frustrating the first few times I put them in the oven because they would always turn out soggy. I’ve learned a few tricks over the years to make the pumpkin seeds actually crispy and wanted to share them with you guys!

The key thing to make sure the pumpkin seeds don’t turn out soggy is after you wash them and get the pumpkin slime off, you have to really dry them. The rest of the steps are listed below!

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Crispy Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Sharing the key to making roasted pumpkin seeds that are actually crispy! This is the perfect healthy snack for you and your family to enjoy this season.

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cook Time

1 hour

Servings

Ingredients

• Pumpkin Seeds
• Salt and pepper
• olive oil

Prep Time 15 minutes Cook Time 1 hour Servings Ingredients Pumpkin Seeds Salt and pepper olive oil

Instructions

1. Wash the pumpkin seeds to get the slime off.
2. Dry them using paper towels or you could use a towel.
3. After drying, sprinkle salt and pepper and olive oil. Toss them around with your hands to make sure the ingredients are evenly distributed.
4. Preheat the oven to 250 and bake for 45 min to an hour, mixing occasionally.
5. Set oven to 375 and cook for additional 10-15 min. Check on them to make sure they’re not getting too crisp, but this step is what really makes them crispy.

It just snowed in Park City last night, and after living in Texas, I can’t believe we got snow in the middle of October! It’s definitely time to bring out the soup/chili recipes. I recommend my Tuscan Ribollita Soup or the Turkey & White Bean Chili. You can’t go wrong with either one! Or you can see all of my recipes here. Have a wonderful day!!

xo, Jaime