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Egg-White Crusted Smoky Almonds with Orange
Almonds coated in a crackly egg-white shell of smoked paprika, brown sugar and orange zest-bright spice, roasted until shatteringly crisp.

- Oven
- 55 min · 10 min hands-on
- Serves 4
- Vegetarian
- Gluten-free
- Dairy-free
- Up to 30 g carbs
- Fiber 6 g+
- Sodium 600 mg or less
- Sat fat 4 g or less
- 500 calories or less
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole160 gAlmonds
- 1 large33 gEgg whites
- 1 tbsp packed15 gBrown sugarpacked
- 2⅛ tsp5 gPaprika (sweet or smoked)smoked
- ½ tsp1 gGround cumin
- ¼ tsp0.5 gGround cinnamon
- 1 tsp5 gOrange juice
- ¼ tsp2 gSalt
Steps
- Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C) and line a sheet pan with parchment.
- In a small bowl, mix the brown sugar, smoked paprika, cumin, cinnamon and salt to make the spice mix.
- In a medium bowl, whisk the egg white and orange juice until frothy, about 1 minute.
- Add the almonds to the egg white mixture and stir until every nut is coated.
- Sprinkle the spice mix over the almonds and toss until evenly coated.
- Spread the almonds in a single layer on the sheet pan, separating any clumps.
- Roast for 35 to 40 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes, until the coating is dry and the almonds are toasted inside.
- Cool on the pan for 10 minutes until crisp, then break apart any clusters and serve.
Contains: Egg, Tree nuts.
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