Drunken Pumpkin Seeds recipe

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Ingredients

1 ½ cups fresh pumpkin seeds
½ cup whiskey (such as Jack Daniel's®)
2 tablespoons bacon drippings
1 tablespoon dark brown sugar
2 teaspoons salt, plus more to taste

Nutrition Info

242.6 calories
carbohydrate: 8.4 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 15.8 g
fiber: 1.3 g
protein: 8.5 g
saturatedFat: 3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 782 mg
sugar: 2.6 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C).

  2. 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.

  3. Spread the drained seeds onto a baking sheet in a single layer, season with salt.

  4. Roast the pumpkin seeds in preheated oven until crisp and golden brown, 60 to 90 minutes.

Recipe Yield

6 servings

Recipe Note

These are NOT your grandma's pumpkin seeds! Smokey, sweet, and wonderfully delicious.

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