How to Cook The Turkey for Thanksgiving: The Easy Way

One thing I love about the holidays is the scent of the turkey cooking in the oven. Yum is the word for the smell that permeates the house.

I have cooked my turkey this way for years and I am going to tell you the easy way to cook it. There are a lot of concerns about salmonella but I have never experienced this with the way I cook my turkey for over 30 years. Here is how I cook it. Make sure your oven is clean and neat.

• I buy a Reynolds turkey oven bag
• I place the 20 pound stuffed turkey in this bag into a turkey pan
• I turn the oven on 200 degrees to bake
• And I put the turkey in around 10pm
• I wake up in the morning at 8am and smell turkey
• At 10AM I turn up the oven to 375 and cook the turkey for 2 hours with foil over top of the turkey while the turkey is in the pan
• The popper comes up between 12 noon and 1pm and the turkey is done
• Its juicy and delicious and easy to cook