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  Oven Toasted Pumpkin Seeds

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INGREDIENTS:

Pumpkin seeds
Cooking spray, olive oil, or butter
Optional: Salt, garlic powder, onion powder, seasoned salt, or other seasonings

DIRECTIONS:

Rinse pumpkin seeds, removing all of the pulp with your fingers.
Drain pumpkin seeds.
Spread pumpkin seeds out on a paper towel covered cookie sheet to dry over night.
Preheat oven to 250F
Line a baking sheet with non-stick foil.
Toss pumpkin seeds in olive oil, butter, or spray with cooking spray.
Sprinkle with salt, onion powder, garlic powder, seasoned salt, cayenne pepper, or your choice of seasonings. Toss to coat.
Bake for one hour, tossing every 15 to 20 minutes, until golden brown
Cool before eating

The Toasted Pumpkin seeds can be stored in an airtight container, at room temperature, for 3 months or refrigerate for up to a year.

Source: www.homecooking.about.com (Peggy Townbridge)

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