Roast Turkey

Name: Roast Turkey
Ingredients: 12 lbs whole turkey; 2 cups salt; 2 tablespoons rosemary; 2 tablespoons italian seasoning; 2 tablespoons cinnamon-sugar mixture; 12 tablespoon garlic salt; 12 tablespoon pepper

7 ingredients

15 steps

Ingredients

12 lbs whole turkey
2 cups salt
2 tablespoons rosemary
2 tablespoons italian seasoning
2 tablespoons cinnamon-sugar mixture
12 tablespoon garlic salt
12 tablespoon pepper

Directions

1

Thaw turkey.
2

24 hours in advance to cooking clean out &brine turkey.
3

Fill large bucket or pan with enough water to cover turkey.
4

Mix in 2 cups of salt and add turkey.
5

Soak overnight (approx.
6

24 hrs).
7

Rinse turkey throughly, inside and out.
8

Preheat oven to 400.
9

Place turkey in roasting pan with 3 cups of water.
10

Mix in small cup; all seasonings, smash up rosemary as well as possible and sprinkle mixed seasons all over the turkey.
11

Stuff turkey if you wish at this point --
12

Cover and place in oven until throughly cooked (approx.
13

4 hours).
14

Remove cover for last hour to brown and crisp.
15

Baste turkey with pan juices every 30 - 45 minutes.