Candied Pumpkin Seeds(Or Pecans)

Submitted by Sharon123

"A great little recipe adapted from Southern Living magazine. These are sweet, so you might want to reduce the sugar a little, starting at 1/3 cup."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 4 3/4 cups

ingredients

• 2 cups raw pumpkin seeds (or pecan halves)
• 1⁄3 - 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
• 1⁄3 - 1⁄2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons fresh orange juice

directions

1. Cook pumpkin seeds in a medium skillet over medium heat, stirring often, about 8-10 minutes or till puffed(don't brown). Watch closely so the don't brown. Move to a bowl.
2. Combine sugar, brown sugar, paprika and salt. Set aside.
3. Toss pumpkin seeds with orange juice. Stir in sugar mixture, tossing to coat. Spread in a single layer on wax paper lined jelly roll pan(or cookie sheet).
4. Bake at 350*F. for 6 minutes, stirring once. Cool in pan on a wire rack 30 minutes. Store in an airtight container up to 2 days.

Reviews

[Bacon13]

This is a great recipe! My wife ate them and she doesn't care for pumpkin seeds. I added another 8-10 minutes bake time as the seeds were not cooked enough with only 6 minutes in oven. Will make these again, definitely!

 

[Pot Scrubber]

I love pumpkin seeds but these are quite sweet. Others in my family liked them more than I did... I just don't have much of a sweet tooth. I prepared these nuts to go with your delicious Recipe #245170 . My stepson thinks they are great though, and was happy to take the leftovers to his room!

 

[SweetsLady]

These were wonderful! I actually made it in the microwave. I first microwaved them at 70% power for 1-1/2 minutes stirring every 30 seconds. I then added the other sugar mixture and did again for another 2-3 minutes at 70% power (1100 watt microwave). I spread them on the wax paper and came out perfectly. Dh couldn't keep his hands off them. LOL! ;) I used them with recipe #245170 and used pecans instead of pumpkin seeds. Thanks for the great recipe, Sharon123!

 

[Studentchef]

These were extra sweet. I think having one whole cup of mixed sugar was a little too much. Very good though. And the orange juice was a nice touch.

 

[Shannon 24]

I wanted to give this 5 stars, I really did. My family really loves pumpkin seeds. But these turned out way to sticky. The actual taste was wonderful, but they never really hardened for us (if that's what they're supposed to do.) I followed the directions and even let them cool overnight to see if the outcome would change. Thanks, though, I had fun photographing them :)