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Maple Cumin Spiced Pecans and Peanuts
Glossy, crackly-coated pecans and peanuts with warm cumin, smoky paprika and a sweet-salty maple finish.

- Oven
- 40 min · 10 min hands-on
- Serves 4
- Vegetarian
- Gluten-free
- Dairy-free
- Up to 30 g carbs
- Sodium 600 mg or less
- Sat fat 4 g or less
- 500 calories or less
Ingredients
- 1 cup chopped100 gPecanshalves
- ⅓ cup50 gDry-roasted peanuts, unsalted
- 1 tbsp20 gMaple syrup
- 1 tbsp15 gEgg whites
- 1¾ tsp packed8 gBrown sugar
- 1½ tsp3 gGround cumin
- ¾ tsp2 gPaprika (sweet or smoked)smoked
- ¼ tsp1 gChili powder
- ¼ tsp1.5 gSalt
- ¼ tsp0.5 gBlack pepper
Steps
- Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C) and line a sheet pan with parchment.
- In a small bowl, stir together the brown sugar, cumin, paprika, chili powder, salt and black pepper to make the spice mix.
- In a large bowl, whisk the egg white until frothy, then whisk in the maple syrup.
- Add the pecans and peanuts to the egg white mixture and toss until every nut is coated.
- Sprinkle the spice mix over the nuts and toss again until evenly seasoned.
- Spread the nuts in a single layer on the sheet pan and bake for 20 to 25 minutes, stirring halfway, until the coating looks dry and the nuts smell toasty.
- Cool the nuts on the pan for 10 minutes so the coating turns crisp, then break up any clusters and serve.
Contains: Egg, Tree nuts, Peanuts.
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