What You'll Need

• 1/8 cup salt
• 1 3/4 - 2 cups raw unsalted pumpkin seeds
• Your favorite vegetable oil
• 4 cups water
• 18" x 12" baking sheet or pan
• 8 quart pot with lid
• Strainer
• Spatula
• Oven mitts
• Container to place baked seeds in

Directions

1. Put water into 8 quart pot and add the salt. Stir to dissolve.
2. Place pumpkin seeds in pot. Stir to get them wet, cover pot with lid.
3. Bring pot to a boil, reduce heat.
4. Simmer for 1/2 hour
5. Drain pot into strainer and try to drain most of the water
6. Spread seeds evenly into baking pan making sure seeds are not overlapping
7. Place pan into oven and bake at 350 degrees for 5-10 min (to remove extra moisture)
8. Remove from oven
9. Place seeds in bowl and coat all seeds with oil
10. Place seeds back on tray
11. Salt to taste
12. Place tray back in oven until seeds are golden brown, don't burn them (apx. 15-20 minutes).
13. Remove pan from oven (use oven mitts so you don't burn your hand)  and using a spatula, scrape the seeds into an air tight container.