Learning how to toast pine nuts is an essential skill you'll want in your cooking tool box. Choose which easy method works best for your recipe.
Recipe by Rachel Gurk on September 21, 2026
Prep time: PT1M
Cook time: PT5M
Total time: PT6M
Rating
4.49 stars (33 reviews)
Keywords
how to make pine nuts, how to toast pine nuts, toasted pine nuts
Ingredients
½ cup raw pine nuts ((see note))
Categories
How To
Cuisine
American
Steps
Stove Top Method (¼ to 1 cup):
- Place in Pan
- Heat
- Transfer
Microwave Method (¼ to ½ cup):
- Microwave
- Watch
- Transfer
Oven Method (2 cups or more):
- Preheat
- Spread
- Bake
- Transfer
Nutitrion
Serving Size: 1 tablespoon
Calories: 57 kcal
Carbohydrates: 1 g
Protein: 1 g
Fat: 6 g
Saturated Fat: 0.4 g
Sodium: 0.2 mg
Sugar: 0.3 g
Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
Reviews
Jacob on 2026-08-14 (1 stars): Put nuts in my toaster oven at 375 for 5 minutes (the minimum time) and they burnt.
AG on 2025-10-21 (5 stars): How would you cook them with salt?
MoyJoy on 2024-10-14 (5 stars): I made a mistake and did 325 instead of 375 so I left them in for an extra 3 minutes and didn't remove them from the pan right away and they turned out great. thank you for the recipe AND the tip that they keep cooking in the pan ;)
Sherri Stone on 2024-10-10 (5 stars): Be careful putting the pine nuts on a plate when taking them out of the oven; my plate broke in half.
Toasted pine nuts taste great.
Jamene on 2022-07-12 (5 stars): great methods, I chose the oven toasting, and they came out really yummy, I had never know how to do it. The whole family loved the pesto I made.
thank you
Michelle D. on 2022-06-29 (5 stars): Thank you for this recipe...I used it to make your homemade pesto sauce which was amazing! You definitely have to keep an eye on the pine nuts in the oven. They are delicious to eat by themselves. :)
Jason on 2022-02-10 (5 stars): Thank you Rachel, that was very helpful. I’ve never encountered Pine Nuts, and a recipe I wanted to try called for them. I used the stovetop method, and they turned out great! And they smell fantastic.
Carla C. on 2021-07-25 (5 stars): Thank you for the helpful hints and three methods! I never thought about freezing the raw pine nuts to save them from going rancid. That will save me some $$.
