sweet pumpkin seeds

Ingredients

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

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins Ready Time: 1 hr


• remove all the pulp and strings from the pumpkin seeds, then wash and thoroughly dry the seeds.
• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• place the melted butter in a bowl, toss the seeds in the butter to coat, and pour them the prepared baking sheet. sprinkle about 2 tablespoons of sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon over the seeds, stir the seeds around to mix the coating, and spread them into a single layer. bake the seeds in the preheated oven for 5 minutes.
• remove the seeds from the oven, and sprinkle them with another coating of 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon, mixing the seeds together and spreading them out as before. bake 5 more minutes. repeat the coating and baking step one more time, and bake the seeds for 5 more minutes.
• sprinkle the seeds with the remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar, mix, and bake the sugar coating the seeds, about 10 more minutes. let the seeds cool on the baking sheet before eating.