Grammy's Kitchen · Roast Turkey · Smoked Turkey
One of 58 roast turkey recipes we measured
2 cooks on littlesunnykitchen.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 | 26% | 0% |
| sweetener | 3% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 2% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 1893 g | 2 quarts water (plus more for the brine) |
| 200 g | 1 cup granulated sugar |
| 288 g | 1 cup and 2 tablespoons kosher salt (divided) |
| 2 teaspoons black peppercorns | |
| 1 medium tart apple (sliced (I used Granny Smith)) | |
| fresh rosemary | |
| 7258 g | 16 lb whole turkey (fresh or completely thawed) |
| 4 sweet apples (quartered) | |
| 160 g | 4 stalks celery |
| 150 g | 1 medium yellow onion (quartered) |
| fresh sage | |
| fresh thyme | |
| 57 g | 4 tablespoons butter (melted) |
| 17 g | 2 tablespoons granulated garlic |
| 15 g | 2 tablespoons ground black pepper |
Method: 11 steps, published by littlesunnykitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.