Halloweeeeeeeeeeeen!
Matt had fun carving a pumpkin with our dremel. Hoss was happy that we didn’t attempt to dress him up…
In terms of ideas for next year, I was inspired by a cute flamingo costume, a “Devil is in the details” costume, a french woman, and a family of garden gnomes.
By the way, if you have pumpkin seeds that you still need to cook up, I recommend this recipe:
Ingredients:
1 medium pumpkin (5 to 7 pound size), reserve seeds
5 tablespoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon coarse salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste
1 1/2 tablespoon peanut oil Directions: Heat oven to 250F.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Cut pumpkin open from the bottom, removing seeds with a long-handled spoon. Separate flesh from seeds and discard. Spread seeds on parchment in an even layer. Bake until dry, stirring occasionally, about 1 hour. Let cool.
In a medium bowl combine 3 tablespoons sugar, salt, cumin, cinnamon, ginger, and cayenne. Heat peanut oil in a large nonstick skillet over high heat. Add pumpkin seeds and 2 tablespoons sugar. Cook until sugar melts and the pumpkin seeds begin to caramelize, about 45 to 60 seconds.
Transfer to bowl with spices and stir well to coat. Let cool. These may be stored in an airtight container for up to 1 week.
2 Comments
Aamba
That looks like a much easier way to carve a pumpkin than what I did. I used one of those grocery store kits with a tiny little knife with a plastic handle! I was carving with some families who had never done pumpkins and they were surprised when I told them that you could fry the seeds for a snack
Anonymous
AMAZING recipe! Thanks for passing it along!