Pumpkin Seeds

I got to carve pumpkins yesterday with my niece and nephews, and of course we had to make pumpkin seeds.  Usually when I try to make them, I end up burning them.  But I tried this new recipe from Simply Recipes, and they turned out to be the best seeds I've ever tasted.  Great for your next Halloween party :)

Ingredients

• Pumpkin seeds (as many as you want)
• Salt
• Olive Oil or Pam

1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Cut open the pumpkin and use a strong metal spoon to scoop out the insides. Separate the seeds from the stringy core. Rinse the seeds.
2. In a small saucepan, add the seeds to water, about 2 cups of water to every half cup of seeds. Add a half tablespoon of salt for every cup of water (more if you like your seeds saltier). Bring to a boil. Let simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and drain.
3. Line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil and spray it with Pam-or-spread around about a tablespoon of Olive Oil so the seeds don't stick.
4. Spread the seeds out over the roasting pan, all in one layer. Mine weren't salty enough, so I sprayed another layer of Pam over top of the seeds and added more salt.
5. Bake on the top rack until the seeds begin to brown, about 20 minutes.
6. When browned to your satisfaction, remove from the oven and let the pan cool on a rack. Let the seeds cool all the way down before eating.