These candied carrots are easy to make for a delicious side dish for ham, roast beef, or chicken.
Ingredients
- carrots: 1 pound (cut into 2-inch pieces)
- packed brown sugar: 0.25 cup
- butter: 2 Tbsp (diced)
- pinch salt: 1 piece
- pinch ground black pepper: 1 piece
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Stages of cooking
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Place carrots in a pot of salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a low boil and cook until tender but not mushy, about 15 minutes. Drain and return carrots to the pot.
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Place the pot with carrots over the lowest possible heat setting. Stir in brown sugar, butter, salt, and pepper. Cook until sugar is bubbly, 3 to 5 minutes. Serve hot.
