Very Moist Turkey

Cooking Instructions

THIS IS NOT A RECIPE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO LIKE TO STUFF YOUR TURKEYS Pre-heat the oven to 500 degrees. Clean your turkey as you normally would. Between the skin and the breast meat insert the 6 tsps of butter. 3 tsps over each breast.

Place the turkey Deep-sided roasting pan or turkey pan. Add the 6 cups of water to the pan. Cover tightly with pan cover or with aluminium foil.

Place in the oven for 1 hr. 15 mins.. Then shut the oven off and leave it off and unopened for 12 hrs. DO NOT OPEN THE OVEN FOR ANY REASON DURING THIS 12 HRS..

After the 12 hrs is done, open the oven, remove the turkey from the oven and remove the cover or foil from the pan. Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees. Place the uncovered turkey back into the oven for 1 hr. and 30 mins. to bring it back up to temperature and brown the skin.

After the turkey is back up to temperature with the skin brown and crispy, remove from the pan and let rest for 15 before carving. Meanwhile, you can strain the juices in the pan and thicken them for the most amazing gravy. Just add salt and pepper to taste. Makes about 5 c. of gravy.

*For turkeys that are lighter then 20-22 lbs. make no cooking adjustments. ** For turkeys that are heavier then 22 lbs., add 5 minutes, for every 2 lbs., to the initial cook time, (ex: For a 24 lb. turkey cook at 500 for 1 hr and 20 mins before shutting the oven off for 12 hrs.)