Quick and Easy Overnight Turkey

Preheat oven to 475 degrees. Once it is preheated turn it down to 250.

Remove the neck and giblets from the turkey and rinse the inside out with water.

Salt and pepper turkey really well- inside and out. Stuff with 1 large onion (cut in quarters) and two sticks of celery (cut into pieces at four inches long). You might want to tie the legs together. Fold foil over the top.

Late at night put the turkey in the oven at 250. Cook until 6:30 or 7:00 am. Then turn the oven up to 325 degrees. Around 9 o’clock remove foil to brown the turkey. Continue to cook until 10:30 or 11:30. The meat thermometer should show internal temperature of 190 (place it inside of the thigh but don’t let the thermometer touch the bone). This recipe is for a 20-21lb Turkey. Don’t cook as long for a 12-15lb Turkey. Enjoy!! Gobble Gobble.

- Mrs. Yonge

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

A fall favorite around our house are Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies!!
I just made them and Jeff has already eaten 4 before I could even put them on the plate. These are a must try. They stay moist so much longer than regular cookies.
They don't have too strong of a pumpkin flavor, so its not overwhelming (for those of you who are a little leery).

Enjoy!!

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

DIRECTIONS

1. Combine pumpkin, sugar, vegetable oil, and egg. In a separate bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, and salt. Dissolve the baking soda with the milk and stir in. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture and mix well.
2. Add vanilla, chocolate chips and nuts.
3. Drop by spoonful on greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for approximately 10 minutes or until lightly brown and firm.