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Glazed carrots in white bowl

5 Ingredient Glazed Carrot Side Dish

5 ingredient slow cooker glazed carrots with a buttery cracker topping, a super simple side dish that everyone will love!
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 3 hours
Additional Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 3 hours 15 minutes
Servings: 10 servings

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs baby carrots
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup butter cut into sections

For topping

  • 1/4 cup butter melted
  • 3.4 ounces Ritz crackers one sleeve, crushed
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt

Instructions

  • Place baby carrots into a slow cooker/crock pot. Add brown sugar and butter
    Carrots, butter, brown sugar in slow cooker
  • Turn slow cooker to HIGH and cook on high for three hours. Stir halfway through.
  • After three hours, remove the lid of the slow cooker, stir, and leave the lid off for 10 minutes. During this time, make the topping

For the topping

  • Melt 1/4 cup butter. Stir in garlic salt and crushed Ritz crackers (to crush the Ritz crackers I just crumble them with my hands).
    Carrots in slow cooker, butter and crackers in bowl
  • Sprinkle topping on top of carrots and serve. Alternatively spoon carrots into a serving dish and top with the buttery crushed crackers and serve.
    Glazed carrots in white bowl

Notes

If you don't have baby carrots, you can use whole carrots, cut up into 1/2 - 1 inch chunks.
The nutrition information presented on this site should be considered an estimate as the calculations will change based on the exact products you use in your own kitchen.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 181kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 347mg | Potassium: 237mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 12794IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 51mg | Iron: 1mg