How to Make Your Own Pumpkin Seeds
Baked Pumpkin Seeds

This is the time of year to go to your favorite pumpkin patch and pick out the perfect pumpkin to carve. After the kids carve them, don't forget to save the seeds for baking. It's tradition in our family to roast the seeds after scraping out the insides. Roasted pumpkin seeds are easy to prepare and make a wonderful snack. Here is my recipe:
Baked Pumpkin Seeds
Cook Time for Roasted/Baked Pumpkin Seeds
Ingredients for Baked Pumpkin Seeds
- Pumpkin seeds, rinsed and dried
- Olive oil, (layer bottom of baking sheet)
- Your choice of seasoning, such as Lawry's Season Salt,, ranch dressing seasoning mix, or popcorn cheese salt
Instructions for Preparing Baked Pumpkin Seeds
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Separate seeds from the fleshy fibers.
- In a colander, rinse, drain, and dry seeds with paper towel.
- Spread olive oil on bottom of baking sheet.
- Spread seeds evenly in a single layer.
- Sprinkle seeds with Lawry's Salt or other seasoned salt of your choice.
- Bake seeds for approximately 20-30 minutes or until golden brown.
- Stir seeds at least once during the baking process to help them brown evenly and prevent burning and sticking.
- Let seeds cool before eating.
- NOTE: Place baking sheet on bottom rack for best results. This will help prevent seeds from burning and/or starting oven fire from the oil.
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Comments
Very useful and well presented hub about how to make our own homemade pumpkin seeds. I was looking for this information.
Thanks for the details! Pinned it too.
MT, My roasted pumpkin seeds recipe is the same as yours, except that I used sunflower oil or safflower oil (instead of olive oil) because both oils impart a delicate, delicious flavour.
Thank you for sharing.
Your roasted pumpkin seed recipes with the variations sound great. Liked the photos and your video in this hub. Voted up and useful!
I buy pumpkin seeds but now I will have to bake some of my own. Never thought to add 'other flavors'. Thanks for sharing your recipe. Videos were great...but there are really some c r a z y pumpkins to be seen in that last one. Fun and funny!
Thanks for sharing this recipe! I'm going to add a link to your hub from my "A Pumpkin Chuckin' Thing - THE GREAT PUMPKIN LAUNCH" hub (I include links out to various other hubs that have pumpkin recipes in them.
I didn't save my seeds, but I'll do this next year fer sure
Thanks for sharing this recipe. I love pumpkin seeds!
Love pumpkin seeds, and love your photos! I sometimes shell my pumpkin seeds before toasting, but they taste great either way!
I love making toasted pumkins seeds. We always ate them shells and all. It wasn't until I was married that I realized some people shelled them. Thanks for sharing this wonderful treat.
Yummy!! I just love Halloween!! I've never used olive oil or any oil when roasting, I will certainly try it next time--thanks so much!!!
up, useful, awesome, and interesting MT. This looks and sounds great. The stores are getting read of them for cheap now and I love pumpkins seeds. I have never tried them like this, but I will. Bookmarked:)
Another great hub and this one is full of useful tips and information. I love the photographs and now I know what to do with those pumpkin seeds. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing this recipe and the step by step illustrations. Hope you're having a fun and Happy Halloween. Voted up and useful.
Will be trying this recipe this afternoon, sounds good. Love pumpkin pie, muffins, bars, cookies and anything else with pumpkin! Love your photos.
Love roasted pumpkin seeds - haven't made them in years. Thanks for the recipe to refresh my memory!
I'm with Hyphenbird, I love this part of fall and I'm a big fan of pumpkin seeds! Anxious to try your recipe MinTwin, thanks so much for sharing.
So, do you ever make pumpkin bread to go with the seeds? After jacko-lantern season is over, of course. :)
They taste great though I don't eat them much. This is really a good hub, the photos and vid are AWESOME!!! Peace!! Tom
This is such a useful Hub, Minnetonka, as I am a lover of Pumpkin Seeds and yes, I too have always bought them already to eat (No shells, how lazy of me). They are such a good non fattening treat. I will try your recipe. Thanks for sharing.
I have never eaten pumpkin seeds, so after I have carved my pumpkin I will try roasting them!
I just loved the photos and video, many thanks for sharing, best wishes MM
Roasted pumpkin seeds make a wonderful snack. Thanks for the inside scoop, so to speak!
It is nice to see others using the pumpkin seeds. Most people just throw them away. We a;ways roast them. Your Hub is great with the various seasoning ideas and great photos. Thanks so much. I am going to pick up a pumpkin and make something and roast the seeds. You have me craving them now.
The pumpkin seeds recipe looks delicious. Will have to try roasting the seeds after carving the pumpkin for Halloween. Thanks.
I've always eaten pumpkin seeds bought at the supermarket for ages and never known how to make them! Wow, it's about time I learn to make them myself :) Thanks for this useful hub.
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