Roast Turkey

Total Time: 30 hrs Preparation Time: 25 hrs Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• 12 lbs whole turkey
• 2 cups salt
• 2 tablespoons rosemary
• 2 tablespoons italian seasoning
• 2 tablespoons cinnamon-sugar mixture
• 1/2 tablespoon garlic salt
• 1/2 tablespoon pepper

Recipe

• 1 thaw turkey.
• 2 24 hours in advance to cooking clean out &brine turkey. fill large bucket or pan with enough water to cover turkey. mix in 2 cups of salt and add turkey. soak overnight (approx. 24 hrs).
• 3 rinse turkey throughly, inside and out.
• 4 preheat oven to 400.
• 5 place turkey in roasting pan with 3 cups of water.
• 6 mix in small cup; all seasonings, smash up rosemary as well as possible and sprinkle mixed seasons all over the turkey.
• 7 stuff turkey if you wish at this point --
• 8 cover and place in oven until throughly cooked (approx. 4 hours).
• 9 remove cover for last hour to brown and crisp.
• 10 baste turkey with pan juices every 30 - 45 minutes.