Roast Turkey

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Ingredients:

  • 12 pound turkey

  • 1 teaspoon salt

  • ¼ teaspoon pepper

  • ½ cup butter

  • 2 slices bacon

  • 2 cups water

  • 1 onion 

  • 3 whole cloves 

  • 1 stalk celery 

  • 2 carrots

  • 2 bay leaves 

  • 5 sprigs parsley 

  • ½ teaspoon thyme 

  • Stuffing 

Instructions:

  1. Rub inside of turkey with salt and pepper.

  2. Stuff body and neck cavities with favorite stuffing.

  3. Truss legs and wings close to body.

  4. Rub skin with butter. Sprinkle with additional salt and pepper.

  5. Place breast up in shallow roasting pan. Arrange bacon slices over breast.

  6. Stick cloves into onion.

  7. Combine water, onion and cloves, celery, scraped carrots, bay leaves, parsley, and thyme. Pour around turkey.

  8. Cook at 350 for 3 ½ - 4 hours until the turkey is a rich even brown.

  9. Baste every 30 minutes with drippings from roasting pan. Serve with giblet gravy.

This recipe is from Virginia Chappell.