Turkey Drumsticks with Pumpkin Molasses Glaze for Practice Thanksgiving

Name: Turkey Drumsticks with Pumpkin Molasses Glaze for Practice Thanksgiving
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon 5 spice powder; 118 milliliters apple cider; 59 milliliters apple cider vinegar; 2 bay leaves; 1 Tbsp black peppercorns; 473 milliliters bourbon; 1 Tbsp brown mustard; 1 Tbsp brown sugar; 0 teaspoons cayenne pepper; 1 teaspoon granulated garlic; 118 milliliters granulated sugar; 0 teaspoons kosher salt; 59 milliliters molasses; 1 teaspoon onion powder; 118 milliliters plain pumpkin puree; 4 turkey drumsticks; 2 liters water

Turkey Drumsticks with Pumpkin Molasses Glaze for Practice Thanksgiving is a dairy free recipe with 4 servings. One portion of this dish contains around 134g of protein, 47g of fat, and a total of 1480 calories. This recipe covers 54% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works best as a main course, and is done in roughly 1 hour and 30 minutes. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Thanksgiving. If you have brown mustard, apple cider, granulated garlic, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the apple cider vinegar you could follow this main course with the eggless plum cake , how to make plum cake as a dessert.

Instructions

Brine the drumsticks. In a large pot set over low heat, add the water, bourbon, salt, sugar, peppercorns and bay leaves. Cook stirring occasionally until salt has dissolved, remove from the heat and let cool.

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Peppercorns

Bay Leaves

Chicken Drumsticks

Bourbon

Brine

Sugar

Water

Salt

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Pot

Add the turkey drumsticks to a large bowl; pour in the brine. Cover the bowl and refrigerate for 24 hours.After 24 hours, remove the turkey drumsticks rinse and dry them well. Discard the brine and preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.Meanwhile make the glaze.

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Turkey Drumsticks

Glaze

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Bowl

Oven

Add pumpkin puree, apple cider, cider vinegar, molasses, mustard, brown sugar, onion powder, granulated garlic, 5 spice powder, ¼ teaspoon salt, and cayenne pepper to medium sauce pan set over medium heat. Simmer the mixture until it is thick and saucy, about 20 minutes.

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Granulated Garlic

Chinese Five Spice

Cayenne Pepper

Apple Cider Vinegar

Canned Pumpkin

Onion Powder

Apple Cider

Brown Sugar

Molasses

Mustard

Sauce

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat.

Lay the drumsticks onto a parchment lined baking sheet making sure there is room between each for even cooking.

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Chicken Drumsticks

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Baking Sheet

Brush them liberally on both sides with the glaze.

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Glaze

Place the drumsticks in the heated oven and roast them 15 minutes.

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Chicken Drumsticks

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Oven

Remove them from the oven, brush them with more glaze, turn them over and brush the other sides with more glaze. Roast an additional 15 minutes, then. Turn the oven to 325 degrees F. and continue the process of turning and brushing every 15 minutes for a total cooking time of 1 ½ hour to 2 hour, depending on size. You may run out of sauce before they cook all the way and that is just fine. Once they begin to look quite brown on the outside begin checking the interior temperature with an insta-read thermometer. Roast until the turkey legs register 165 degrees F.

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Turkey Leg

Sauce

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Kitchen Thermometer