Ingredients
- SEE DRESSING/STUFFING RECIPE
Preparation
Step 1
if frozen take out 2 nights before, wash day before & season night before
1. clean out insides
2. wash w/ water & turn over on breast - let drain & dry
3. put seasonings in jar (make 1 week ahead & let sit in bottle in cubard)
SEASONONG MIX:
2 TBL garlic
2 TBL lawrys seasonign salt
enough wesson oil to liquify mixure
1 tsp pepper
1/4 C sugar
4. rub turkey inside & out w/ mixture
saturate
use all of mixture
5. grate large onion
put inside turkey
rub in & leave all
6. wrap whole turkey tightly in foil
7 put in icebox in pan & put whole thing in plastic bag
(if have no room leave out in cool place - but do not put in plastic bag)
8. stuff turkey just before ready to use
--add 1/4 lb softened butter into dressing
8. melt 1/8 LB butter - rub inside turkey
10. add dressing losely in neck & insides
11. put on rack - breast down
12. melt 1/4 LB butter w/ 1/2C wesson oil
pour abt. 1/2 butter/oil mix. over turkey
14. cover turkey loosely w/ foil
15. baste at least every hour
--during 1st hr - use rest of butter/oil mixture
--when have enough pan drippings baste w/ that
16. turn over after 5 hrs
17. cook @300 5-7 hrs
10LBS + 4 TO 4/1 HRS