Pumpkin Seed Brittle

Pumpkin Seed Brittle to add to your cheese boards or homemade goodie bags! Find the recipe at Shutterbean.com

I have a special place in my heart for community cookbooks.  My Mom contributed to many and in my first year of grief, I found one of her recipes in an old community cookbook in a local bookstore.  How magical that was!  There’s always so much inspiration & elder wisdom inside every spiral-bound cookbook.  They feel like hugs from my Mom and her friends.  I found the recipe for Pumpkin Seed Brittle in this one cookbook I checked out from the library! 

Pumpkin Seed Brittle to add to your cheese boards or homemade goodie bags! Find the recipe at Shutterbean.com

(which actually comes from The Healthy Mind Cookbook– by Rebecca Katz who is also a local-to-me author) (how cool is that?!) 

I had all of the ingredients and you know how that goes… Off to the kitchen I go because it’s all meant to be if I have the ingredients!   This brittle is delightful, and I’m happy to add it to the rotation. If you’ve been around here, you know I love things with seeds & sesame in them (see killer granola, matcha sesame granolaroasted cashew sesame ). This brittle is incredible! I can’t believe it’s only maple syrup that binds it all together. It’s the perfect amount of crunch + sweetness. I’m in love. 

Pumpkin Seed Brittle to add to your cheese boards or homemade goodie bags! Find the recipe at Shutterbean.com

I see two major purposes for Pumpkin Seed Brittle this time of year. A fun addition to cheeseboards (see above) and edible gifts!  But let’s not limit ourselves. This simple brittle could also be a nice afternoon snack or an after-dinner nibble if you need a little crunchy sweetness.

Ingredients involved: 

Pumpkin Seed Brittle to add to your cheese boards or homemade goodie bags! Find the recipe at Shutterbean.com

Mix it all together!! 

Pumpkin Seed Brittle to add to your cheese boards or homemade goodie bags! Find the recipe at Shutterbean.com

Lay it out on a parchment-lined baking sheet. 

Pumpkin Seed Brittle to add to your cheese boards or homemade goodie bags! Find the recipe at Shutterbean.com

Bake! Let cool. Will crisp as it cools.

Pumpkin Seed Brittle to add to your cheese boards or homemade goodie bags! Find the recipe at Shutterbean.com

The best part is breaking it up into small pieces! 

Pumpkin Seed Brittle to add to your cheese boards or homemade goodie bags! Find the recipe at Shutterbean.com

MMM!

Pumpkin Seed Brittle to add to your cheese boards or homemade goodie bags! Find the recipe at Shutterbean.com

CRUNCHY! 

Pumpkin Seed Brittle to add to your cheese boards or homemade goodie bags! Find the recipe at Shutterbean.com

Welcome to my cheeseboard, Pumpkin Seed Brittle. 

Pumpkin Seed Brittle to add to your cheese boards or homemade goodie bags! Find the recipe at Shutterbean.com

We are happy to have you.

 

Pumpkin Seed Brittle

makes 3-4 cups
recipe slightly adapted from The Healthy Mind Cookbook

  • 1 cup pumpkin seeds
  • 3/4 cup sunflower seeds
  • 1/3 cup black sesame seeds
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/3 cup maple syrup (grade A)
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 325F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. 

In a large bowl, combine pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, black sesame seeds, cinnamon, ginger and salt. Add maple syrup and vanilla and stir until well combined. 

Spread the mixture evenly onto the prepared baking sheet. To get an even top, place a  piece of parchment paper and cover the top and smooth the mixture until it’s flat- about 1/8 inch thick. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until brown. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely. It will become more crispy as it cools. 

  • Kris

    And it’s pretty too!

  • Barbara Margolis

    Yum Yum Yum! I have several family/community cookbooks-with bent edges on every chapter, stained egg & jello marks throughout, & pencil corrections I thought had to be made…what a useful memory…

  • Sabrina

    nice way to make pumpkin seeds especially but also all of these seeds a lot more interesting, nice textures too, more so than the regular kinds of brittle that I’m used to, thank you! and nice to have maple syrup instead of refined sugar

  • Erin

    This looks awesome- thanks for sharing Tracy!

  • Madison

    I love pumpkin seeds! And I also love brittle – love this combination.Thanks for the recipe!

  • Marlene Miyanaga

    Wow. So delicious and easy. Will try with different combos of seeds. Hemp hearts,chia,flax and report back. Thanks so much. 10/10

  • Carly

    This was unbelievably good and SO EASY. I could not stop eating it! Surprisingly wholesome and satisfying… what more can you ask for? Thank you!!

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