Recipes: Worcestershire Flavored Pumpkin Seeds

Our kids love getting their pumpkins every Fall before Halloween so we can carve them and roast the pumpkin seeds.  Due to traveling and other activities that have taken up our time we were a little later getting our pumpkins.  Finally, on Halloween we got the girls pumpkins, after going to three other stores we found pumpkins at Publix!  After cleaning out their pumpkins we had enough seeds to make two big patches of roasted pumpkins seeds, another favorite tradition of our family.

Every year we used at least one of our favorite pumpkin seed recipes and try to experiment with a new one.  Some years the new pumpkin seed recipes are amazing and they become a new favorite while others are a flop.  This year we made the Cinnamon Apple Cider Pumpkin Seeds and I tried a new pumpkin seed recipe using a touch of worcestershire sauce.  The worcestershire flavored pumpkin seed recipe was a big hit with all my family members.  They agreed it was one we could add to our collection of favorite pumpkin seeds recipes.

Worcestershire Flavored Pumpkin Seeds

• 2 cups fresh Pumpkin Seeds
• 2 tablespoons Butter or Margarine
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce
• 1/8 teaspoon liquid Wood Smoke
• 1/4 teaspoon Seasoned Salt
• 1/4 teaspoon Garlic Salt

Rinse the fresh pumpkin seeds.  Saute pumpkin seeds in the butter for about 5 minutes (until they start to turn brown).  Add the worcestershire sauce and liquid wood smoke to the mix of pumpkin seeds.  Saute and stir continually for about 2 minutes.  Sprinkle the seasoned and garlic salt onto the pumpkin seeds and mix until evenly coated.  Spread seeds into a shallow baking pan and baked at 250 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes or until crispy.  Stirring every 10 minutes.  Remove from the oven, allow to cool, and put in a dish to serve.

In our house if the pumpkin seed recipe is good about half the pumpkin seeds have disappeared before they have completely cooled and been put into the bowl to serve.  The kids especially like to come by the stove as they are cooling and “taste test” the new recipe and provide their feedback!   Some of the pumpkin seed recipes we have made are sweet while others are salty.  The worchestershire flavored pumpkin seed recipe fits into the salty range.  You can adjust the amount of seasoning based on your specific tastes.  Enjoy!