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When carving my Halloween pumpkin each year. I try to figure out how to use all parts are the pumpkin, as to not waste it. So of course, to roast the pumpkin seeds is part of it. You can do a variety of flavors with the pumpkin seeds; spicy, salty, honey sweet. But my favorite by far is always the simple cinnamon and sugar. It’s an easy snack to make, that you can eat on the go! And with my life of two little ones under 2 years old, I need things I can snack on while running around.

Cinnamon Sugar Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 40 mins

Total time: 50 mins

Ingredients

2 cups of Pumpkin Seeds

1/4 cup of margarine, melted

1 tbsp of brown sugar

1 tsp of cinnamon

1/8 tsp of salt

1/8 cup of sugar

Topping:

2 tbsp of brown sugar

2 tbsp of sugar

1 tsp of cinnamon 

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Combine the pumpkin seeds, margarine, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, and sugar in a bowl; stir to coat the seeds. Spread the seeds out on a greased cookie sheet or large casserole dish. 

Bake in the preheated oven for 8-10 minutes; stir and return to oven for 8-10 minutes more; remove from oven and sprinkle half of the topping over the seeds; stir to coat. Return to oven and bake another 8-10 minutes before removing again to sprinkle with the remainder of topping and stirring. Bake another 8-10 minutes. Allow to cool before serving. Store leftover seeds in an airtight container.

Bon Appetit!!!