These are NOT your grandma's pumpkin seeds! Smokey, sweet, and wonderfully delicious.
Ingredients
- ½ cups fresh pumpkin seeds: 1 piece
- whiskey (such as Jack Daniel's®): 0.5 cup
- bacon drippings: 2 Tbsp
- dark brown sugar: 1 Tbsp
- salt, plus more: 2 tsp (to taste)
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C).
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Stir pumpkin seeds, whiskey, bacon drippings, brown sugar, and 2 teaspoons salt together in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Bring mixture to a simmer and cook until the seeds begin to turn gray in the middle, 15 to 20 minutes; drain.
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Spread the drained seeds onto a baking sheet in a single layer; season with salt.
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Roast the pumpkin seeds in preheated oven until crisp and golden brown, 60 to 90 minutes.
