Brown Sugar-Glazed Carrots
Turn carrots into a dinner party-worthy side dish with this Brown Sugar-Glazed Carrots recipe. It's magical what a little butter and brown sugar can do to make vegetables taste like dessert--even for picky eaters!
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Brown Sugar-Glazed Carrots
Directions
- In a medium saucepan cook carrots, covered, in a small amount of boiling salted water for 8 to 10 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain; remove carrots from pan.
- In the same saucepan combine butter, brown sugar, and salt. Cook and stir over medium heat until combined. Add carrots. Cook and stir about 2 minutes or until glazed. Season to taste with pepper.
- Makes 4 servings.
From the Test Kitchen
Herbed-Glazed Carrots:
Prepare as above, except substitute 1 tablespoon honey for the brown sugar and add 1 tablespoon snipped fresh thyme or 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed, to the butter mixture. Sprinkle with snipped fresh Italian parsley before serving.
Nutrition Facts (Brown Sugar-Glazed Carrots)
- Per serving:
- 83 kcal ,
- 3 g fat
- (2 g sat. fat ,
- 0 g polyunsaturated fat ,
- 1 g monounsaturated fat ),
- 8 mg chol. ,
- 111 mg sodium ,
- 14 g carb. ,
- 2 g fiber ,
- 10 g sugar ,
- 1 g pro.