Honey Maple Glazed Carrots

Sliced, glazed Honey Maple Carrots garnished with chopped parsley in a pan and a wooden spoon holds up a spoonful.

5 from 4 votes

Honey Maple Glazed Carrots

Make these honey and maple carrots as a side dish for your Thanksgiving dinner or holiday get-together. They're ridiculously easy to make, and taste incredible too!

Prep Time5

Cook Time5

Total Time10

Servings:

Calories: 478kcal

Author: Karin and Ken

Ingredients

1 pound carrots peeled and sliced into 1 inch pieces
2 cups water
1 teaspoon salt divided
½ cup salted butter or 1 stick
½ cup dark brown sugar
¼ cup honey
1 Tablespoon pure maple syrup
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon allspice
1 Tablespoon chopped parsley optional garnish

Instructions

Arrange the carrots. In a large skillet over medium heat, add the carrots with ½ teaspoon salt and water.
Simmer. Bring to a rapid simmer and cook the carrots until just tender (about 5 minutes)
Add some flavor. Drain the excess water and add the salted butter, brown sugar, honey, maple syrup, cinnamon, the remaining ½ teaspoon salt, and allspice and stir to coat the carrots evenly and melt the flavors together.
Reduce the sauce. Increase the heat to medium high and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the sauce is reduced by ⅓ resembling a loose glaze (4-5 minutes).

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Notes

Choose fresh: Pick the best fresh carrots you can get your hands on. They should be hard and crunchy, and have a bright orange color, without any blemishes or soft spots on their surface.

Trim time: If your carrots are uneven in size, you might want to trim them and try to get them to roughly the same size, so that they cook evenly.

Cook with stock: To add extra flavor to these Thanksgiving carrots, cook them in chicken stock (or vegetable stock) instead of water.

Finishing touches: Add an extra dimension of flavor and deliciousness to these carrots by topping them with a squeeze of lemon juice or some flaky sea salt before you serve.

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