Amelia Bedelia’s Sweet And Sour Carrots

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables		Vegetables	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Sugar
4 1/2	t	Cornstarch
1/4	c	Vinegar
1/4	c	Margarine
4	c	Cooked carrot slices
		drained

INSTRUCTIONS

Place carrots in buttered casserole. Mix sugar, vinegar and  margarine.
Heat until it begins to boil. Dissolve cornstarch in water  and stir
into the first mixture. Pour this sauce over the carrots in  the
casserole dish. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. Serves  4 to
6.  Recipe by: Key Gourmet  Posted to recipelu-digest by James and
Susan Kirkland  <kirkland@gj.net> on Feb 17, 1998

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 284 Calories From Fat: 107 Total Fat: 12.1g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 400.1mg Potassium: 588mg Carbohydrates: 42.8g Fiber: 5.6g Sugar: 31.3g Protein: 3.5g

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