Cook carrots in salted water until tender. Drain and add butter. Toss carrots until all are covered. Cool. Mix the rest of the ingredients in a plastic bag. Add carrots to bag and shake to coat carrots. Place in a shallow baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 20 minutes. Stir at least once during baking time. Serves 6-8.
Note: My family doesn't like coconut so I omit that.
By Sandy from Graettinger, IA
Melt margarine in medium size heavy saucepan. Add the orange juice, ginger and orange peel. Bring to a boil.
Peel and slice carrots. In medium sauce pan melt the butter. Add carrots, half and half, salt, and pepper.
Cook carrots in boiling salted water in saucepan until tender-crisp; drain. Combine brown sugar, cornstarch, ginger and salt in small saucepan. Add orange juice.
This is a delicious, spicy way to serve carrots. I usually like my veggies without any embellishment other than a touch of butter, salt and pepper, but this recipe is an exception.
Carrots are so nutritious and work well in a variety of sweetened side dishes. This page contains glazed carrot recipes.
When we eat out at Cracker Barrel, I get carrots. They are so good and I wanted to know how to prepare them. I found a recipe and tried it. It calls for 2 pounds of baby carrots but I cut the recipe in half and only prepare 1 pound when I cook them.