If you want to know how to bake pumpkin seeds it’s most likely around Halloween. But baked pumpkin seeds are tasty and good for your health at any time of the year because they are a source of protein, zinc, and even more vitamins.
Step 1: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
Step 2: Cut and carve (if it’s Halloween that is) your pumpkin.
Step 3: Seperate the pumpkin seeds from their surrounding material.
Step 4: Rinse the seeds under luke warm water until they are clean.
Step 5: Put them on a kitchen towel and let them dry for a couple of minutes.
Step 6: Coat your baking sheet lightly with vegetable oil.
Step 7: Spread your pumpkin seeds coating them in the oil and make sure there is only a single layer.
Step 8 (optional): Salt the pumpkin seeds lightly.
Step 9: Bake the pumpkin seeds for 10 to 20 minutes until they are brown and slightly crisp. Then turn them once.
Step 10: Let the seeds cool before eating them.
Step 11: If you don’t plan on eating them all at once store them in an airtight container.
Now that you know how to bake pumpkin seeds you can not only bake them for yourself but you can also give them away as a (Halloween) treat.
