The ultimate side dish: Glazed carrots elevated with the perfect combination of sweet + salty flavor thanks to crisp bacon, melted butter, cinnamon and brown sugar. Who knew carrots could shine so bright!?
I will never forget my first Thanksgiving with Ryan’s family. As we were getting ready for the big meal, I asked Ryan about his favorite Thanksgiving dishes and shock and awe followed when the first thing out of his mouth was “Bubbee’s carrots.” His grandmothers carrots!? CARROTS? With stuffing and pumpkin pie strutting their stuff on Thanksgiving, who says carrots are the star of the show!? Ryan. But, you guys, he wasn’t wrong.
Bubbee’s carrots are something special. Something dripping in butter and cinnamon and bacon kind of special.
I very quickly learned that Ryan’s mother and grandmother were the masters at whipping up the ultimate comfort food. Their recipes are the kind of recipes that make you constantly exclaim, “Oh my gosh, this is SO GOOD” and “I need this recipe!!” Ryan’s grandmother, Bubbee, owned and ran her own restaurant for years so she clearly knows a thing or two about delicious food… the kind of food that makes it impossible to resist seconds or thirds or, okay find, sometimes even fourths. We miss her deeply but making her glazed carrots every Thanksgiving keeps her memory alive and helps us feel a little closer to a woman I will always remember as a smiling spitfire who loved books and hated it when I blogged about “all that fitness stuff.” She was the best and so were her carrots!
To make Bubbee’s glazed carrots, you will need the following:
- Carrots
- Cooked and crumbled bacon — extra crispy!
- Onion
- Spices: Cinnamon, salt and pepper
- Brown sugar
- Butter
It’s an all-star line up of ingredients, I’m telling ya!
If you decide to give this recipe a try this holiday season, I hope you love it as much as we do in our house!
Bubbee’s Glazed Carrots
Bubbee’s Glazed Carrots
Ingredients
- 4 cups carrots, peeled and sliced into long strips (julienne), lightly steamed
- 8 slices bacon, cooked (crispy!) and crumbled
- 3 tablespoons onion, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 5 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/3 cup butter, melted
Instructions
- Combine carrots, bacon, onions, cinnamon, salt and pepper in a one-quart casserole dish
- Sprinkle with brown sugar and butter
- Cover and bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes
More of Our Family’s Favorite Holiday Recipes
- My Mom’s Stuffing Recipe (Hands down my favorite Thanksgiving side dish.)
- Slow Cooker Holiday Mulled Wine (Cannot wait for this one this year!)
- Diane’s Pineapple Soufflé
- Bubbee’s Glazed Carrots
- Pumpkin Icebox Cake (Great alternative to pumpkin pie and always a crowd-pleaser.)
- Oatmeal Apple Crisp
- Oreo Peppermint Ice Cream Dessert (Only 3 ingredients and SO GOOD!)
- Holiday Cheese Puff Casserole (Our Christmas morning breakfast every year!)
- Easy Holiday Pretzels (One of our favorite homemade foodie gifts during the holiday season.)
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THANK YOU so much for posting the glazed carrots recipe. It sounds so good! Sounds like you had a great weekend, I love the Friendsgiving idea! 🙂
~Kari
I am SO making that stuffing for Thanksgiving this year! It looks incredible, and is vegetarian! Thank you so much!
yes! i hope you love it!!! it’s honestly my all-time favorite recipe for stuffing. i’ve tried a bunch of others, but this one can’t be beat!
YES! I was hoping for the Glazed Carrots too! Yummy!! 🙂
Julie, thank you! Can’t wait to make the carrots and your stuffing recipe is very similar to mine.
Thanks so much for sharing these family recipes! I’ve been looking for a stuffing recipe and this one looks perfect! Yum! I’m glad you and your friends had a great time last night!
they both look amazing! don’t worry, thanksgiving isn’t supposed to be healthy (err..except the turkey part.. but the sides are where it’s at!)
wowww these sound like they’re finger-lickin’ delicious~~! 0_0 And I love the name, Bubbee!!!! So that’s what you called her, right? You and your sis are so cute together btw, and you even matched boots. 😛
that’s actually what ryan calls his grandma, so i adopted it for her, too!
Thanks!! Can’t wait to make the carrots!!
I’m so glad you posted the stuffing! That’s the one I wanted 🙂
Bookmarked and saved for two weeks time! And it is a-ok to have food that’s not entirely healthy on the eating holiday of the year…
stuffing is my favorite… And those carrots don’t look tooooo unhealthy! Haha maybe use turkey bacon!
I love stuffing and have tried different recipes the last several year and all of them are let-downs…I end up thinking Stove Top would’ve been better. This one looks really good and I’m going to try it for Thanksgiving this year! Thanks for sharing!!!
LOVE Carrots but can do without stuffing!!!
Both sound amazing!
Stuffing is my favorite thing about Thanksgiving. I think I will have to make this for my family this year!!
Seriously, I LIVE for stuffing. I could eat an entire meal just of it (and I often do with the leftovers:) )
Thanks for the recipes! Can you possibly share the sweet potato casserole recipe as well?
How did the mashed potatoes come out?
Is Ryan Jewish? I haven’t heard you mention Hanukkah before, but Bubby (or Bubbee) is typically Jewish. Just curious!
I was looking for a good Thanksgiving carrot recipe for the Friendsgiving I’ll be attending next weekend. Thanks!
I was going to ask the exact same thing!! I’ve never heard of non-Jewish families referring to their grandmothers as Bubbes!
Nope! His grandma just loved that name for grandmothers and picked it out for herself. 🙂
My mom’s stuffing is my favorite Thanksgiving dish too! We add sage to ours!
Oh I can’t wait for my aunt’s stuffing! It is the best!!
Stuffing is always my favorite, the only item that ties it for me is cranberry sauce! Thanks for sharing 🙂
I love the stuffing recipe and I love that it has no meat! Would it be fine to omit the poultry seasoning? Or actually seasoning doesnt actually have meat in it….
The stuffing recipe looks amazing!! Thank you for sharing some of your family’s recipes!
So because Im a military wife me and all my friends are far from home so we are doing Thanksgiving together and I am doing stuffing!!!
I am totally doing this stuffing recipe but with adding apples and cranberries to it 🙂 Thanks for sharing.
yum! that sounds delicious!
You know I’m going to try these recipes. I tried your homemade chicken soup recipe tonight, and it was delicious!! Even my hubby, a self proclaimed “meat eater” loved it.
PS – I LOVE your blog. I read every day. Thank you.
so glad you liked the soup! and thank you for the kind words!! 🙂
I feel the exact same way about my mom’s stuffing. Comfort is a baking dish 🙂
These look delicious!
We don’t celebrate Thanksgiving but I am totally replicating both those recipes- thanks!
Thanks for the recipes, they look delicious!! xx
Mmmm…both of these look fab! Thanks for sharing the recipes!
Yuum!! thanks for sharing the recipes! 😀
Great recipes! Yum 🙂
Yum, I actually really want to try this stuffing.. I just recently in the last few years started liking the stuff! I always a turkey and potatoes snob. 😉
The carrots and the stuffing look delicious! I don’t think I’ve ever had real stuffing before. I usually make Stove-Top 😉
The stuffing sounds soooo good! I think my mom makes pretty much the same thing, but adds raisins and chopped granny smith apples and it is de-vine!! We all love the extra crunch with the celery and onions too!
Hi Julie! I have been reading your blog for the past few months and love it! This is my first time commenting, but I really enjoy the upbeat nature of your blog!!! Also, that carrot recipe looks ridiiiiiiiiculous im gonna try it!
My mom makes the best sausage stuffing for Thanksgiving! The recipe is older than me! 🙂
I’m going to try to make a vegetarian version of this for Thanksgiving. It sounds exactly like the type of traditional stuffing recipe I’ve been looking for.
ooooh my goodness i made the glazed carrots today for thanksgiving and the recipe is THE BOMB! it got rave reviews from everyone, including my brother in law who has the palate of a 5 year old. i will definitely be reusing that one!
JULIE!! I made your Mom’s stuffing recipe for my very first Friendsgiving last week….it was a HIT!! Thank you so much for the recipe! ….and be sure to give your Mom and extra big hug for being awesome!
I LOVE cranberry sauce. It’s definitely my favorite. I cannot wait to check out the stuffing recipe.
This stuffing looks amazing and the answer to my quest for a recipe for this Thanksgiving 🙂 About how many people would you say this would serve?
We always had leftovers when my mom made it for our family of four and last year we had enough for 8 people to have some with leftovers! I’d say 10 to 12?