Grammy's Kitchen · Roast Turkey · Easy Thanksgiving Turkey
One of 58 roast turkey recipes we measured
It ranks #1 of 58 for browning depth among the roast turkey recipes we compared. 1 cooks on kristineskitchenblog.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 58.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 3% | 2% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| aromatics | 0% | 1% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 7258 g | 12-20 pound whole turkey (fully thawed) |
| kosher salt and black pepper | |
| 150 g | 1 yellow onion (peeled and quartered) |
| 2 g | 1/2 whole head garlic (halved crosswise) |
| 1 lemon (quartered) | |
| 1 g | 1 few sprigs of fresh thyme and rosemary |
| 227 g | 1 cup unsalted butter (fully softened) |
| 12 g | 4 cloves garlic (minced) |
| 2 teaspoons lemon zest ((save the rest of the lemon for the cavity)) | |
| 6 g | 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme |
| 6 g | 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon kosher salt |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon black pepper |
Method: 12 steps, published by kristineskitchenblog.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Made this today for my daughter's Girl Scout troop Friendsgiving. Super easy and turned out delicious. Mixed some of the juices with a McCormick chicken gravy mix. Delicious!” — a cook, 5.0★