Glazed Roast Turkey with Cranberry Stuffing

Name: Glazed Roast Turkey with Cranberry Stuffing
Prep time: 5 h 55 min
Cook time: 5 h 55 min
Total time: 5 h 55 min
Yield: 18
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters apple jelly; 237 milliliters butter or margarine; 2 Tbsps butter or margarine, melted; 3 mediums celery stalks (with leaves), chopped (1 1/2 cups); 59 milliliters light corn syrup; 2 liters soft bread cubes (15 slices) or cornbread cubes; 118 milliliters dried cranberries or raisins; 177 milliliters finely chopped onion; 1 teaspoons pepper; 2 teaspoons salt; 5 kilograms whole turkey , thawed if frozen; 227 grams can jellied cranberry sauce

Glazed Roast Turkey with Cranberry Stuffing is a gluten free main course. This recipe serves 18. One portion of this dish contains roughly 47g of protein, 24g of fat, and a total of 464 calories. Head to the store and pick up corn syrup, cornbread cubes, turkey, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the butter you could follow this main course with the Cinnamon Butter Cake as a dessert. It will be a hit at your Thanksgiving event.

Instructions

Heat oven to 325F. In 10-inch skillet, melt 1 cup butter over medium heat. Cook celery and onion in butter, stirring frequently, until onion is tender. Stir in about one-third of the bread cubes.

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Bread Cubes

Butter

Celery

Onion

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Frying Pan

Oven

Place in large bowl.

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Bowl

Add remaining bread cubes and remaining stuffing ingredients; toss.

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Bread Cubes

Stuffing

Stuff turkey just before roasting. Fill wishbone area with stuffing first. Fasten neck skin to back with skewer. Fold wings across back with tips touching. Fill body cavity lightly. (Do not pack--stuffing will expand while cooking.) Tuck drumsticks under band of skin at tail, or tie together with heavy string, then tie to tail.

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Chicken Drumsticks

Stuffing

Whole Turkey

Chicken Wings

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Skewers

Place turkey, breast side up, on rack in shallow roasting pan.

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Whole Turkey

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Roasting Pan

Brush with 2 tablespoons butter. Insert ovenproof meat thermometer so tip is in thickest part of inside thigh and does not touch bone. Do not add water.

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Butter

Water

Bone

Meat

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Kitchen Thermometer

Roast uncovered, following Timetable for approximate total cooking time. Thermometer will read 165F when turkey is done, and the drumstick should move easily when lifted or twisted. Thermometer placed in center of stuffing will read 165F when done. If a meat thermometer is not used, begin testing for doneness about 30 minutes before Timetable indicates. (See Timetable for Roasting Poultry for exact times.)

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Chicken Drumsticks

Stuffing

Meat

Whole Turkey

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Kitchen Thermometer

In 1-quart saucepan, mix all glaze ingredients. Cook over medium heat about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until melted and smooth.

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Glaze

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Sauce Pan

Brush glaze on turkey about 20 minutes before turkey is done.

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Whole Turkey

Glaze

Place a tent of foil loosely over turkey when it begins to turn golden. When two-thirds done, cut band of skin or string holding legs. When turkey is done, place on warm platter and cover with foil to keep warm.

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Whole Turkey

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Aluminum Foil