These glazed carrots are simple and sweet with a buttery brown sugar glaze.
Holly’s Recipe Highlights
- Flavor: Tender and buttery with rich maple-brown sugar sweetness, perfectly balanced with a hint of salt and pepper.
- Skill level: This recipe is easy and beginner-friendly.
- Prep-tip: Cut the thicker ends of the carrots in half so all the carrots are the same thickness for even cooking.
- Time-Saving Tip: Skip the peeling and chopping and use baby carrots in this recipe.
- Serving suggestions: Serve with any protein, from roast chicken to holiday ham.
Ingredient Tips For Glazed Carrots
- Carrots: Fresh carrots, baby carrots, or rainbow carrots can be used; peeling is optional. Fresh garden carrots will cook a little bit quicker than store bought carrots.
- Glaze: Light brown sugar melted with maple syrup is a quick glaze. If you only have one or the other, that works fine in this recipe.
- Variations: For a festive flair, garnish glazed carrots with herbs like sprigs of fresh parsley, dill, thyme, or rosemary.
Storing Glazed Carrots
Keep leftover glazed carrots in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. They can be reheated in the microwave or a saucepan with a little extra butter.
Glazed carrots can be frozen in zippered bags for up to two months and tossed frozen into a hearty hamburger soup.
Got more carrots? For the grand finale, try carrot cake cookies, carrot cake cheesecake, or carrot cake!
Crazy for Carrots?
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Glazed Carrots
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 pound carrots cut into ½" x 2" sticks
- ½ cup water
- 2 tablespoons light brown sugar tightly packed
- 1 ½ tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup or honey
- ¼ teaspoon salt plus additional to taste, as needed
- black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Combine carrots, water, brown sugar, butter, and maple syrup in a skillet over medium heat.
- Stir occasionally until butter is melted. Increase heat to medium-high and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat to simmer, cover, and cook 8-10 minutes or until carrots are just becoming tender when pierced with a fork.
- Remove lid and turn the heat up to high, continue cooking until water is evaporated and carrots are coated in glaze.
- Season with salt and pepper and serve warm.
Notes
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Side Dish
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this recipe is so easy, and yummy! I had it with a pork loin!
Yay! So happy it was a hit with your pork loin!
Simple yet very tasty side dish with dinner
Loved the easy way to fix glazed carrots!
This is the BEST way to prepare baby carrots! They were so delicious
I made this recipe knowing that i would like it, not sure about my husband would like it he doesn’t like cooked carrots. He loved it!!! It is delicious best recipe for carrots i have ever eaten. Thank you for sharing.
So happy it was a hit, Cheree! ❤️
Consistently delicious easy to make recipes!!
Love glazed carrots; I been looking for a good recipe, this one seems to be the Perfect One
Thank you, Norma!
Holly…Your recipes are not only delicious, but also easy to follow and time efficient! I love the variety of dishes that you offer and all that you do. Thanks and again!
We are so happy you enjoy the recipes, Veronica! Thanks for leaving a comment :)
This makes a great side, quick and easy . I make something similar but add a tsp. of ground ginger and a quarter cup of frozen orange juice concentrate to my glaze sometimes for a festive twist to the recipe.
That sounds delicious, Ed! Thanks for sharing :)
Just a great big YUMMO !!!!
Thank you again Holly for another great recipe!
My daughter, who professes to “hate” carrots, gobbled these up! There’s no higher recommendation than that! (I chose to use honey over maple syrup.)
This was v dry good with the maple syrup (true maple syrup not pancake syrup ). Simple. I normally make carrots for me with butter salt pepper and thyme. But I was making a to go dinner for a neighbor recently out of surgery and they like things a little simpler and some sweet . This worked perfectly and I enjoyed it as well.