Title: Gloriously Simple Roast Turkey
Categories: Turkey Oven Blank
Yield: 20 Servings
| 1 | | 19x23 1/2 oven bag |
| 1 | tb | Flour |
| | | Vegetable oil |
| 2 | | Stalks celery, sliced |
| 1 | md | Onion, sliced |
| | | 16 to 20 pound turkey, |
| | | Thawed |
Preheat oven to 350. Shake flour into oven bag; place in large roasting pan
at least 2 inches deep. Add celery and onions to bag. Remove neck and
giblets; rinse turkey; pat dry. Lightly stuff turkey, if desired. Brush
turkey with oil and place the turkey in bag. Close bag with nylon tie; cut
six 1/2-inch slits in top. Insert meat thermometer through slit in bag into
thickest part of inner thigh, NOT touching bone. Bake until meat
thermometer reads 180, 2 1/2 to 3 hours. Add 1/2 hour for stuffed turkey.
Let stand in bag 15 minutes. (REYNOLDS. Woman's Day. 11/22/94)