Glazed Carrot Coins

Submitted by wife2abadge

"From Taste of Home. I used about 40 baby carrots instead of cutting larger ones."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 12 medium carrots, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon lemon peel, grated
• 1⁄4 teaspoon vanilla

directions

1. In a saucepan, cook carrots in a small amount of water until tender-crisp; drain.
2. Remove and keep warm.
3. In the same pan, heat brown sugar and butter until bubbly; stir in lemon peel.
4. Return carrots to pan; cook and stir over low heat for 15 minutes or until carrots are glazed.
5. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.

Reviews

[Laura O.]

I wanted to try this because I add sugar to just about everything. In this case, the brown sugar was a hit - almost tasted like sweet potatoes. The miss was the vanilla. I used half of the vanilla required and it still came on strong.