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Side Dish
Maple Glazed Carrots
Tender carrots coated in a buttery maple and brown sugar glaze, with optional cinnamon.
- Serving size / yield
- 6 side servings (estimated)
Maple glazed carrots
Ingredients
- 1½ lbs carrots (baby carrots or peeled, sliced carrots)
- 3 tablespoons salted butter
- 3 tablespoons pure maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon water, if needed
Instructions
- Cook the carrots: Add carrots to a pot of boiling water. Cook for 8–10 minutes for sliced carrots or 10–12 minutes for baby carrots, until just fork-tender. Drain well.
- Make the glaze: In a large skillet over medium heat, melt the butter. Stir in maple syrup, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon (if using), and pepper. Simmer for 1–2 minutes.
- Glaze the carrots: Add drained carrots to the skillet. Toss gently for 4–6 minutes until the glaze thickens and coats the carrots. Add the water if needed to loosen the glaze.
Nutrition facts
- Serving size
- 1/6 of the recipe
- Calories
- 130
- Total fat
- 6 g
- Saturated fat
- 3.7 g
- Cholesterol
- 15 mg
- Sodium
- 320 mg
- Total carbohydrate
- 20 g
- Dietary fiber
- 3.2 g
- Total sugars
- 13.7 g
- Added sugars
- 8.3 g
- Protein
- 1.1 g
Estimated per serving for 6 equal side servings, using generic USDA FoodData Central ingredient values. Assumes 1½ lb (680 g) peeled raw carrots, 3 tablespoons salted butter (42.6 g), 3 tablespoons pure maple syrup (60 g), 1 packed tablespoon brown sugar (13.8 g), and ½ teaspoon table salt (3 g), with all glaze consumed. Includes black pepper; optional cinnamon is excluded. Boiling and draining losses are not modeled. Carrot type, brands, salt type, and glaze left in the skillet can change the values.