Acres of Pumpkins!...pumpkin pie, pumpkin bars, pumpkin bread...

Tis the season of pumpkins and squashes.  One of the easiest, best tasting, moistest pumpkin pies is made from fresh cooked pumkins.  Cooked pumpkin and the pumpkin pie mix both freeze wonderfully.  Prices are great and I've seen many stands with Sugar Pumpkins which are smaller and the best pumpkins to cook for baking.

This first video shows you how to cook a raw pumpkin and the second one shows you how easy it is to make a pumpkin pie using the cooked pumpkin "meat".  

 

 Pumpkin seeds are easily cooked by 

1) boiling the raw seeds in salty water for about 15 minutes followed by baking them at 250 degree until brown and crispy...about 40 minutes depending upon your oven.

2)spreading the raw seeds on a cooky sheet, adding oil and salt to the seeds then baking them like above.

3) frying seeds in a skillet or microwaving them .  

These can be seen at this link: "How to cook pumpkin seeds"

TIPS: Always spread seeds in a single layer when baking them.

Use sugar pumpkin seeds (smaller) if you want to eat the whole seed, otherwise you'll need to peel the shell away to eat the green seed inside the husk.