Candied CARROTS

You can and you should take something healthy and turn it into candy.  Carrots are in my book the perfect vegetable, savory for dinner and sweet for dessert.  I fist made candied carrots when I wanted to decorate my carrot cake.  I ended up eating half of them before the cake was even frosted.  My bad.

Serves 1 cake and a few test tastes

2 scrubbed medium carrots,

2-4 tablespoons sugar

¼ cup water

Slice carrots 1/8 inch thick with a mandolin.  In a medium skillet, combine the carrots, 2 tablespoons of sugar and water.  Bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally. Cook carrots until they are soft.  Turn up the heat to medium and cook until the liquid is reduced and becomes thick like syrup.  Note: if the syrup starts to color, remove from heat. Stir constantly.  When completed, spread out onto a parchment lined baking sheet.  Once cooled, toss in more sugar.