Grandma G's Baked Thanksgiving Turkey Recipe

Posted by
Rate It!
Grandma G's Baked Thanksgiving Turkey
Add your photo!
Count
Calories
Minutes

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
  2. Remove giblets and neck.
  3. For those of you who have never cooked a turkey before, check inside the body cavity, and inside the neck chest cavity.
  4. Rinse turkey and pat dry.
  5. Mix melted butter and salad dressing.
  6. Draw up mixture into injector and inject bird in several locations in the brest, thighs and leg.
  7. Place in roaster pan and add all vegetables inside the body cavity.
  8. Cut 4, 1/2 inch slices from the butter and insert under the breast skin, and push up as far as it will go.
  9. Place the remaining stick of butter in the cavity.
  10. Cover with heavy foil, making sure the foil does not touch the turkey.
  11. Bake for 2 hours 30 minutes in 450 degree oven.
  12. If meat thermometer reads 185 degrees, it's time to uncover and baste using all of basting liquid.
  13. If it has not reached 180 degrees return to oven for additional 30 minutes.
  14. Check therometer.
  15. Bake another 45 minutes, until golden brown.
  16. Remove from oven and cover with foil again and let stand for 15 minutes before slicing.
Kitchen-Friendly View

Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1042.95 Kcal (4367 kJ)
Calories from fat 909.93 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 101.1g 156%
Cholesterol 325.66mg 109%
Sodium 347.45mg 14%
Potassium 634.95mg 14%
Total Carbs 11.52g 4%
Sugars 5.93g 24%
Dietary Fiber 3.35g 13%
Protein 27.39g 55%
Vitamin C 7.2mg 12%
Vitamin A 1.9mg 62%
Iron 1.1mg 6%
Calcium 82.6mg 8%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 268.84 Kcal (1126 kJ)
Calories from fat 234.55 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 26.06g 156%
Cholesterol 83.94mg 109%
Sodium 89.56mg 14%
Potassium 163.67mg 14%
Total Carbs 2.97g 4%
Sugars 1.53g 24%
Dietary Fiber 0.86g 13%
Protein 7.06g 55%
Vitamin C 1.9mg 12%
Vitamin A 0.5mg 62%
Iron 0.3mg 6%
Calcium 21.3mg 8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
Search recipes
by ingredients
Construct & Analyze
Your Recipe

Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 28.6
    Points
  • 29
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Total Fat

Share Recipe

Get Your Recipe of Health!
Follow RecipeOfHealth on Facebook!
Scroll to top