Brown Sugar Honey Glazed Carrots with Yogurt Sauce (GF/V)

WHY YOU’LL LOVE THIS RECIPE

This Brown Sugar Honey Glazed Carrots with Yogurt Sauce recipe is a really quick but effortless way to elevate carrots and serving a show stopper dish. The simplist way to describe these Brown Sugar Honey Glazed Carrots with Yogurt Sauce is that they are tossed in maple syrup, brown sugar and oil, roasted until they are caramelized and then drizzled with yogurt aioli sauce, golden raisins, sunflower seeds and scattered with pine nuts…although that was a mouthful! These Brown Sugar Honey Glazed Carrots with Yogurt Sauce absolutely look like they take way more work than they really do…and that’s likely a good thing!

These roasted carrots are gluten free, vegan, dairy free and easy to make!

This recipe is very similar to my CRISPY ROASTED SWEET POTATOES WITH HONEY YOGURT SAUCE! I loved that recipe and made it so many times it was time to try it with carrots instead!

These carrots are a one pan meal which means you wont need anything else to bake these! Theres almost no clean up for these carrots…and only a few dishes to wash!

Carrots are probably the most versatile vegetable in the world, if you ask me. They’re perfect for roasting on the grill during the summer. They’re perfect for slow roasting in the oven during the fall and winter. You literally cannot go wrorng.

INGREDIENTS & SUBSTITUTIONS

THE CARROTS:

• multi color carrots
• brown sugar
• cumin
• cinnamon
• garlic
• onion
• salt + pepper to taste
• avocado oil
• sugar free maple syrup

THE YOGURT SAUCE:

• fat free greek yogurt or vegan yogurt
• avocado oil
• garlic powder

THE TOPPING:

• paprika
• honey or vegan honey or more maple syrup
• sunflower seeds
• golden raisins
• pine nuts

TASTE & TEXTURE

These garlic crispy roasted carrots are the perfect side to go with just about any main dish. These crispy roasted carrots are covered for the first half of baking to let the carrots steam and get soft, then uncovered for the second half of baking to make sure the edges are crispy. This way the carrots are moist still in the center and not dried out. These roasted carrots are have perfectly crisp caramelized edges and have the best juicy garlic flavor.

DIRECTIONS

STEP 1

Prepare the crispy roasted Carrots. 

Add carrots to a parchment lined glass baking dish.

STEP 2

Season the Carrots. Toss the carrots in olive oil and maple syrup. The oil and maple syrup should be evenly spread on every carrot and none of the carrots should be overlapping. Next add the seasoning: brown sugar, cumin, cinnamon, garlic, onion powder, salt + pepper to taste.

STEP 3

Roast the Carrots. Add the baking dish into the oven to cook the crispy roasted carrots. Next, cook covered for the 20 minutes on 400 to let the carrots steam and get soft, then uncovered for the second half of baking, another 25-35 minutes to make sure the edges are crispy. This way the carrots are moist still in the center and not dried out. You will know when the crispy roasted carrots are done when they are browned and crisp around the edges and soft in the center.

STEP 4

While the carrots are roasting, create the yogurt aioli sauce. Mix together the yogurt, avocado oil and garlic powder. Set aside.

STEP 5

Once the carrots are done, plate them. Top them with the yogurt aioli sauce. Drizzle with honey. Top with pine nuts, sunflower seeds and golden raisins! Enjoy!

EXPERT TIPS & TRICKS

I like to use a glass baking pan with edges so you can easily toss the crispy roasted carrots around while in the oven without worrying about the carrots going over the edge. Plus, if theres any extra oil you don’t have to worry about it dripping out the pan edges.

HOW TO SERVE & STORE

These crispy roasted carrots are a perfect side dish to any main course. The carrots are so sweet and garlicy you’ll be sure to have garlic breath after you’re done…but who said thats a bad thing! I like to serve them hot, right out of the oven.

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Brown Sugar Honey Glazed Carrots with Yogurt Sauce (gluten free + vegan)

These Brown Sugar Honey Glazed Carrots with Yogurt Sauce and are topped with brown sugar, maple syrup, raisins, sunflower seeds and pine nuts.

Ingredients

For the Carrots

• 1-2 bags petite multi colored carrots
• 1 tbsp brown sugar or sugar free substitute
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp garlic
• 1 tsp onion
• salt + pepper to taste
• 1 tbsp avocado oil
• 1 tbsp sugar free maple syrup

For the yogurt sauce

• 1/2 cup fat free greek yogurt or vegan yogurt
• 1/2 tbsp avocado oil
• 1 tsp garlic

For the toppings

• 1 tsp paprika
• 1/2 tbsp honey or vegan honey
• 1 tbsp sunflower seeds
• 2 tbsp golden raisins
• 2 tbsp pine nuts

Instructions

• Prepare the crispy roasted Carrots. Add carrots to a parchment lined glass baking dish.
• Season the Carrots. Toss the carrots in olive oil and maple syrup. The oil and maple syrup should be evenly spread on every carrot and none of the carrots should be overlapping. Next add the seasoning: brown sugar, cumin, cinnamon, garlic, onion powder, salt + pepper to taste.
• Roast the Carrots. Add the baking dish into the oven to cook the crispy roasted carrots. Next, cook covered for the first half of baking to let the carrots steam and get soft, then uncovered for the second half of baking to make sure the edges are crispy. This way the carrots are moist still in the center and not dried out. You will know when the crispy roasted carrots are done when they are browned and crisp around the edges and soft in the center.
• While the carrots are roasting, create the yogurt aioli sauce. Mix together the yogurt, avocado oil and garlic powder. Set aside.
• Once the carrots are done, plate them. Top them with the yogurt aioli sauce. Drizzle with honey. Top with pine nuts, sunflower seeds and golden raisins! Enjoy!