Grammy's Kitchen · Roast Turkey · Oven Roasted Turkey
One of 58 roast turkey recipes we measured
from joyfoodsunshine.com
It ranks #1 of 58 for tenderness among the roast turkey recipes we compared. 6 cooks on joyfoodsunshine.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 | 1% | 2% |
| salt | 4% | 0% |
| aromatics | 2% | 1% |
| liquid | 7% | 0% |
| sweetener | 2% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 6804 g | 14 to 16 pound turkey |
| 28 g | 2 Tablespoons salted butter ((cut into 1/2 Tablespoon portions)) |
| 27 g | 2 Tablespoons olive oil |
| 288 g | 1 cup coarse kosher salt |
| 106 g | 1/2 cup light brown sugar |
| 1 gallon vegetable broth | |
| 2 Tablespoons black peppercorns | |
| 6 g | 1 Tablespoon allspice berries |
| 99 g | 1/2 cup chopped candied ginger ((3.5 ounces)) |
| 1 gallon ice water | |
| 473 g | 2 cups water |
| 1 red apple ((cut into large pieces)) | |
| 150 g | 1 onion ((cut into large pieces)) |
| 2 cinnamon stick | |
| 2 g | 2 sprigs fresh rosemary ((large)) |
| 2 g | 2 sprigs fresh sage leaves |
Method: 27 steps, published by joyfoodsunshine.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I'm a first timer cooking a whole turkey and came across this recipe helps! The instructions didn't include what to do with the disposable roasting pan. Do you put it in the roasting pan before you roast the turkey to catch the drippings or is it used to trans” — a cook, 5.0★
“Hello Laura, we've been having your turkey recipe every Christmas for a few years now and everyone really likes it. I've also tried other recipes from you and they've all turned out really well. They're well explained and nothing can go wrong.👍 So have a Merry” — a cook, 5.0★