Friday, October 19, 2012

Roasted Cinnamon Maple Pumpkin Seeds




Like the rest of America I have been using the wonderful pumpkins we have available right now I made soup last week and kept the seeds. I cleaned them well allowed to dry out then roasted them. The seeds are a wonderful source of Protein, Magnesium and Zinc so when you carve your pumpkin be sure to keep them.  Its also a great idea to cook up some pumpkins make puree and freeze, some folks on the chow and chatter facebook page mentioned that they do this. 

Ingredients:

  • one cup of pumpkin seeds 
  • 2 tablespoon of maple syrup
  • 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon 
Method:

  1. scoop the seeds from the pumpkin wash well and dry on paper towels
  2. coat in maple syrup and cinnamon and roast at 350 for about 20 -25 minutes on parchment paper until crispy the maple syrup will caramelize
  3. keep checking cooking times may vary
I will admit they were a tad chewy,  I read that if you remove the outer layer its better, anyone got any tips for me ?



my darling wee girl holding them :-) 


Have a great weekend everyone 

Hugs 


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38 comments:

  1. I do not mind if they are chewy, yum yum. Take care Diane

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  2. Love to hv as snacks... Grt snack with get flavours!!

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  3. I love that picture Jasmine grabing it. Delicious who can say no to it.

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  4. Cinnamon + maple, very creative.
    I'm with Swathi, the picture of your daughter is too cute.

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  5. What a great idea to add cinnamon to the seeds!

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  6. Just got back from a short vacation and so I've missed a few of your posts! I love pumpkin seeds and the maple flavor of these sounds wonderful!

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  7. dear Rebecca, A delicious and healthy treat to snack on. Blessings dear. Catherine xo

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  8. Nice.. if I start using pumpkin one day I would need this recipe :)

    Have a great weekend!

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  9. thanks so much for this beautiful post.

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  10. Great idea,Rebecca!Delicious snack for the kids!

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  11. Your post brings back fun memories of carving pumpkins. My mom used to roast pumpkin seeds too.

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  12. they sound really delicious - yummy snack

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  13. I have a giant pile of pumpkin seeds in my kitchen right now. This is perfect!

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  14. i think I should join the pumpkin bandwagon but there is no season here! I get pumpkin all year long..so maybe its time to try out those deliciously flavoured seeds!

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  15. I love spiced pumpkin seeds. Great recipe and use of all those pumpkin seeds:)

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  16. I love pumpkin seeds and this looks like an awesome way to fix them!

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  17. This is so timely Rebecca, I was just looking roasting pumpkin seed instructions on line. I wonder if they'd be crunchy if you dried them overnight in the oven on low temp? Just a thought. Thanks for the recipe, have a lovely Tuesday.

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  18. We love pumpkins seeds!! drying them overnight does help a bit!!

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