Brown Sugar Cinnamon Carrots
Cinnamon carrots with a brown sugar glaze cooked up in a slow cooker is an easy, traditional and throw back carrot side dish recipe that will have you getting your Vitamin A all year round. Perfect as a holiday side dish, this carrot crock pot side will keep the kitchen clear during Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas. This is one kid-friendly vegetable dish!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp Ground Ginger
- Salt and Pepper
- 1 large bag of baby carrots (1-2 pounds of peeled and cut)
- 3 tablespoons melted butter
Instructions
- 1
Spray crock pot with non-stick cooking spray.
- 2
Dump entire bag of baby carrots into crock pot.
- 3
Melt and pour 3 tablespoons of butter on top of baby carrots and mix.
- 4
Slow cook carrots on high for 3-4 hours. After 3 hours, check on carrots every 15 minutes until fork tender. Overcooking can result in some of the bottom carrots being burned.
- 5
Mix together brown sugar, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, and salt and pepper.
- 6
Pour brown sugar mixture over baby carrots and stir. Brown sugar should melt almost immediately and create a delicious glaze.
- 7
Serve carrots immediately while hot and melted.
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