Oven Roasted Carrots with Orange Glaze

Oven Roasted Carrots recipe bakes perfectly every time. They’re crisp and delicious with a delicious orange glaze that adds a sweetness that turns ordinary carrots into a family’s favorite side dish.

Orange-Glazed Oven Roasted Carrots will have you serving carrots a lot more. They’re simple to make and absolutely delicious to eat!

Roasting Carrots in the oven brings out their natural sweetness. Combined with an Orange Glaze elevates ordinary carrots to special.

You can count on a delicious carrot with a natural sweetness and a tender crunch. They’re never overcooked or mushy. Yuck!

Oven-baked carrots make this a hands-off dish so you can focus on the rest of the meal or just sit back with your favorite vino.

Orange Glazed Carrot Ingredients

• Carrots – We choose to buy organic carrots and prep them ourselves. You can use what you prefer including baby carrots.
• Orange juice – We used the juice of one navel orange or about 1/4 cup.
  • You can purchase orange juice. We recommend 100% juice, not from concentrate.
• Brown Sugar – We use dark brown sugar because it has more of a molasses flavor but use what you have or prefer.
• Butter – We use the real stuff. You can use a substitute if that’s what you prefer.
• Oil – Olive oil, vegetable oil, or any neutral-flavored oil will work.
• Salt and pepper

How to roast carrots

1. Combine the glaze ingredients in a saucepan and cook it on low until sugar is dissolved and the sauce is thickened.
2. Prepare the carrots by washing them, removing the tops, and peeling them. We slice them in similar sizes to assure even cooking.
   • If you use baby carrots you can skip this step.
3. Place the carrots in a baking dish or baking sheet. Drizzle the carrots with olive oil and sprinkle them with salt and pepper.
4. Pour the glaze over the carrots. Cover them with aluminum foil or a lid and bake them for 10 minutes.
5. After baking the carrots for 10 minutes remove the foil and bake another 10 minutes uncovered or until fork-tender.

If you wanted to make this Oven Roasted Carrots recipe ahead of time, you can clean, peel and slice the carrots up to 4 days in advance. Put them in an air-tight container in the refrigerator until you’re ready to use them.

We don’t recommend cooking or glazing them in advance.

You can reheat your carrots two ways.

1. Slip the dish or individual servings in the microwave for 30-second intervals, stirring in between each session, until heated through.
2. Place the carrots in a 350°F oven for 20 minutes, stirring halfway through heating.

Tips & Variations

• Slice the carrots to a similar size so they bake at the same rate.
• Carrots don’t need to be peeled if they’re fresh and free of blemishes. Just scrub them with a vegetable brush.
• We bake our roasted carrots in a 400°F oven. That is fairly hot but it allows us to bring out the sweetness of the carrots and to get that slight char we love in a short period of time.
  • We like our carrots crisp. If you want a softer carrot you can turn the oven down to 350°F and bake them a little longer.
• If the orange flavor isn’t to your liking, you can glaze the carrots pineapple juice or with just brown sugar and butter. You can also add some grated ginger to the glaze for another delicious flavor profile.
• We love adding fresh herbs to these carrots. Fresh thyme, dill, or rosemary contrasts beautifully with the sweetness of the orange glazed carrots.
  • We would add the fresh herbs to the carrots after you salt and pepper them before roasting. They also make a beautiful garnish after they bake.

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Gadgets we love

One of the nice things about this recipe is that you don’t need any special equipment to make it. Here are a few items we used.

• Cutting board
• Vegetable peeler
• Baking dish or Baking sheet

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Don’t forget to stop back and let me know how your orange-glazed carrots came out!