Thanksgiving Turkey

By Pearly

Ingredients

• 1 oven bag, Turkey size
• 1 T flour
• 2 stalks celery 1 medium onion, sliced
• 12-24 lb turkey, thawed
• Vegetable oil

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°

Shake flour in oven bag; place in roasting pan at least 2 inches deep

Add vegetables to oven bag. Remove neck and giblets from turkey. Rinse turkey; pat dry. Lightly stuff with your favorite stuffing recipe, if desired. Brush turkey with oil. Place turkey in oven bag on top of vegetables. Close oven bag with nylon tie; cut 6 ½ inch slits in top. Insert meat thermometer through slit in bag into thickest part of inner thigh, not touching bone.

Bake 2 – 2 ½ hrs for a 12-16 lb turkey, 2 ½ - 3 hrs for a 16 – 20 lb turkey and 3 – 3 ½ hrs for a 20 – 24 lb turkey or until meat thermometer reads 180. Add ½ hr for stuffed turkey. Let stand in bag 15 minutes.
If turkey sticks to oven bag, gently loosen bag from turkey before opening oven bag.