Apricot-Glazed Carrots

16-ounce package baby carrots
1/3 cup apricot preserves
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon grated orange rind (optional)
2 tablespoons orange juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1. Steam carrots for 15 minutes or until tender; drain.
2. Combine preserves and butter in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat until preserves and butter melt.
3. Stir in orange rind, orange juice, salt, and nutmeg. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
4. Add carrots and toss to coat.

Makes five 1/2-cup servings.

This is a Weight Watcher recipe. It's very easy to make, and the carrots are so sweet that Allyson (2 years old) calls them candy carrots. I make these with freshly grated nutmeg using my Microplane rasp grater. Delicious!