carrot sticks

(3 RATINGS)
43 Pinches
Emerald Isle, NC
Updated on Nov 5, 2010

No clue as to where I got this recipe but I love carrots. These are really good and I especially like making them when I have an abundence of carrots that need to be used up.

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method Stove Top
yield

Ingredients

  • 1 pound carrots, cut into sticks
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar, firmly packed
  • 1 teaspoon cornstarch
  • 1/4 cup orange juice
  • 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened

How To Make carrot sticks

  • Step 1
    Boil carrot sticks in water until tender. Set aside.
  • Step 2
    In a saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch then stir in orange juice and butter & mix until smooth. Slowly bring this to a boil and boil two minutes or until thick & bubbly.
  • Step 3
    Drain carrots and top with orange juice mixture.
  • Step 4
    NOTE: according to another great cook on this site, Colleen Sowa, you can cut the carrots into coins rather than into sticks.

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Category: Vegetables
Ingredient: Vegetable
Culture: American
Method: Stove Top

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