Honeyed Carrots with Zip!

Ingredients

3 lbs baby carrots, peeled or scrubbed
2 T butter
3-4 T honey
1 tsp finely shredded lemon peel
1/2 tsp crushed red pepper
1/2 tsp salt

Preparation

Boil enough water to cover carrots. Add carrots. Return to boil, reduce heat. Simmer, covered, 8 to 10 min, until carrots are tender; drain carrots, pat dry.

For glaze, in skillet stir butter, honey, lemon peel, red pepper and 1/2 tsp salt over med heat until butter is melted and glaze bubbles. Add carrots; toss 2 min. Turn carrots into serving bowl. In serving bowl drizzle carrots with glaze, sprinkle additional red pepper.

I made this for the missionaries with carrots from our garden. Yum! Everyone love them (except Dad, who thought they didn't have any flavor?).