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
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