How do you guys do it? I've got a 5lb bag of seeds hanging out in my pantry, looking for some new ways to cook em. I  usually use salt and pepper, sometimes some garlic power.

Why change what works?  Cookie sheet single layer in the oven.














 

Amazon has them at pretty reasonable prices.

I love pumpkin seeds.  I don't do anything fancy, just a light coating of coconut oil and some coarse salt, then into the oven for a few minutes.

I'm actually raising a couple of varieties of naked-seeded pumpkins this year just for seeds (also called oilseed pumpkins). They don't have the hull around the seeds that regular pumpkins do, so the seeds are all the "good stuff".  They are outstanding... taste a lot like sunflower seeds, but without all the hassle and shell-spitting.

Soy Sauce....at least that's what my mom used to do.  We loved 'em!

Oh, I've gotta know more about this!!! My wife LOVES pumpkin seeds but I can't stand them because of the hull. If there is such thing as a pumpkin seed without a hull I'm interested. Where did you get your seeds? Can you keep us updated when you harvest/roast and let us know how they turn out?

Unfortunately, the first batch I tried was a dismal failure

I'm not sure the first seeds I harvested were completely mature; they were green colored, but pretty much completely filled out and the pumpkins themselves "looked" ripe.  Info on the pumpkins (I planted Lady Godiva and Williams Naked Seed) is pretty scarce, so I'm not sure what the seeds are supposed to look like when roasting-ready. But when I tried to roast them, it turned into a soggy mush instead of crispy seeds. A couple of possibilities:
- maybe immature
- possibly need to dry more thoroughly before roasting (though I don't recall having to do this with regular pumpkin seeds)
- might have laid on the coconut oil a little thick
- seeds may just be too oily internally to roast well... these varieties are also raised because of the high oil content of the seeds for extraction.

Squash bugs have been hitting us pretty hard, but I've still got a number of pumpkins out there to try.  I'll post if I have any better luck with the next batch.