Make Ahead Baked Carrots
Created by Puppitypup on October 23, 2014
- Servings: 8
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 50m
- Recipe #15031
Ingredients
- 1 pound carrots
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 onion, diced
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup cream
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1/3 cup breadcrumbs
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 1 1/2 quart casserole dish.
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Step 2: Peel and slice carrots, cover with salted water and bring to a boil, then turn down to simmer, cooking for 15 minutes or until tender. Drain and place in casserole dish.
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Step 3: Meanwhile, saute onion in butter over medium heat until translucent. Add flour to onions, cooking a few minutes until flour turns golden.
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Step 4: Then whisk in milk, a little at a time, stirring as you go. You may need to turn heat up to medium-high for this step.
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Step 5: Add salt, sugar and dry mustard and stir again. Pour sauce over carrots.
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Step 6: Combine bread crumbs and melted butter, sprinkle over top of casserole. Bake 25-30 minutes or until heated through.
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Step 7: If making ahead, cover and put in fridge, removing 2 hours before serving and increase bake time by 10 minutes or more.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (103.4 g)
- Calories 126
- Total Fat - 8.5 g
- Saturated Fat - 4.9 g
- Cholesterol - 23 mg
- Sodium - 260.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 11.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.9 g
- Sugars - 4.4 g
- Protein - 2 g
- Calcium - 56.4 mg
- Iron - 0.4 mg
- Vitamin C - 3.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg