Every year when it comes time to carve the pumpkins it turns into a real event at our house. While my daughter and grandsons are competing to see who carves the best pumpkin, I'm collecting and cleaning all of those beautiful pumpkin seeds.
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While everyone was busy carving, I'm busy preparing the seeds. This year I made the pumpkin seeds in our Air Fryer, it was so quick and easy and they were so delicious.
After cleaning the pumpkin seeds I spread them out on a cookie sheet. You can let them dry overnight or do what I did. I placed each of the cookie sheets in the oven at 200 degrees for 10 minutes to dry them out.
We made four flavors of pumpkin seeds this next instruction applies to all four or whatever seasoning you use.
Place the pumpkin seeds in a bowl add a tablespoon of oil and mix well or you can spray them with cooking spray and mix.
Add your seasoning and mix well. Set your air fryer to 400 degrees and timer for 7 minutes. Turn them with a spoon halfway through at 3 and a half minutes. The first batch: Sea Salt, I used one tablespoon of sea salt for this one.
Cajun Style Pumpkin Seeds:
Italian Style Pumpkin Seeds:
Cinnamon and Sugar Pumpkin Seeds:
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