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Lemon-Herb Turkey Recipe - Four fresh herbs will make your mouth water as this easy and flavorful turkey roasts in your oven all afternoon!

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Lemon-Herb Turkey

Four fresh herbs will make your mouth water as this easy and flavorful turkey roasts in your oven all afternoon!

By MISSJEN

Homestyle Turkey, the Michigander Way Recipe and Video - Here's a simple recipe for preparing the holiday bird. It will be tasty and perfectly browned every time!

Homestyle Turkey, the Michigander Way

Here's a simple recipe for preparing the holiday bird. It will be tasty and perfectly browned every time!

By Robin C.

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Perfect Turkey Recipe and Video - A brine makes this roasted turkey extra moist and flavorful. Stuffed with vegetables, this bird is perfect for Thanksgiving and other holidays.

Perfect Turkey

A brine makes this roasted turkey extra moist and flavorful. Stuffed with vegetables, this bird is perfect for Thanksgiving and other holidays.

By Shelly White

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Rosemary Roasted Turkey Recipe and Video - In this method, which can be used with all types of poultry, olive oil infused with garlic and rosemary is rubbed between the skin and meat of the bird before roasting.

Rosemary Roasted Turkey

In this method, which can be used with all types of poultry, olive oil infused with garlic and rosemary is rubbed between the skin and meat of the bird before roasting.

By Star Pooley

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Juicy Thanksgiving Turkey Recipe and Video - My grandmother and mother passed this recipe on to me. It changes just a little every year, because we've never written it down before. But it is always incredibly juicy and succulent!

Juicy Thanksgiving Turkey

My grandmother and mother passed this recipe on to me. It changes just a little every year, because we've never written it down before. But it is always incredibly juicy and succulent!

By Kirsten

Easy Herb Roasted Turkey Recipe and Video - This is an easy and delicious recipe for a turkey that is perfectly browned on the outside while being both tender and juicy on the inside!

Easy Herb Roasted Turkey

This is an easy and delicious recipe for a turkey that is perfectly browned on the outside while being both tender and juicy on the inside!

By LISAKHAMM

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A Simply Perfect Roast Turkey Recipe and Video - Make your turkey taste just like grandma's with this simply seasoned roasted turkey recipe using salt, pepper, and turkey stock.

A Simply Perfect Roast Turkey

Make your turkey taste just like grandma's with this simply seasoned roasted turkey recipe using salt, pepper, and turkey stock.

By Syd

The World's Best Turkey Recipe and Video - A bottle of champagne is the secret to this moist turkey stuffed with apples and baked in an oven bag.

The World's Best Turkey

A bottle of champagne is the secret to this moist turkey stuffed with apples and baked in an oven bag.

By Sarah

Maple Roast Turkey and Gravy Recipe - This is a New England-style turkey roasted with a maple syrup-butter rub. Try stuffing it with Cranberry, Sausage and Apple Stuffing.

Maple Roast Turkey and Gravy

This is a New England-style turkey roasted with a maple syrup-butter rub. Try stuffing it with Cranberry, Sausage and Apple Stuffing.

By Ibby

Chef John's Roast Turkey and Gravy Recipe and Video - The biggest myth in all of American cookery is the belief that a juicy, perfectly cooked turkey is difficult for the novice cook to achieve. One of the secrets to a moist, delicious, and beautiful turkey is spreading butter under the skin. You can season the butter any way you want; the possibilities are endless.

Chef John's Roast Turkey and Gravy

The biggest myth in all of American cookery is the belief that a juicy, perfectly cooked turkey is difficult for the novice cook to achieve. One of the secrets to a moist, delicious, and beautiful turkey is spreading butter under the skin. You can season the butter any way you want; the possibilities are endless.

By Chef John

Turkey in a Bag Recipe and Video - This is a very easy way to make a Thanksgiving turkey using an oven bag. The bird will be perfectly moist when done, and you can make gravy out of the juice that forms in the bottom of the bag. Plus, cleanup is a snap! The cooking time will vary for different sized turkeys.

Turkey in a Bag

This is a very easy way to make a Thanksgiving turkey using an oven bag. The bird will be perfectly moist when done, and you can make gravy out of the juice that forms in the bottom of the bag. Plus, cleanup is a snap! The cooking time will vary for different sized turkeys.

By DYCLARK

Turkey in a Smoker Recipe - The turkey is stuffed with quartered apples and onions, salt, coarse ground pepper, butter, and carbonated cola. Fresh garlic is rubbed all over the outside of the bird, and it's given a good sprinkle of seasoned salt. Ten hours in the smoker, and it's fabulously flavored with a heavenly hickory essence!

Turkey in a Smoker

The turkey is stuffed with quartered apples and onions, salt, coarse ground pepper, butter, and carbonated cola. Fresh garlic is rubbed all over the outside of the bird, and it's given a good sprinkle of seasoned salt. Ten hours in the smoker, and it's fabulously flavored with a heavenly hickory essence!

By Doug Kacsir

Maple Roast Turkey Recipe - A turkey is roasted in a compound butter made with cider, maple syrup, lemon peel and fresh herbs. This recipe includes instructions for making a gravy using vegetables that have been roasted with the turkey.

Maple Roast Turkey

A turkey is roasted in a compound butter made with cider, maple syrup, lemon peel and fresh herbs. This recipe includes instructions for making a gravy using vegetables that have been roasted with the turkey.

By Bob Cody

Sherry's German Turkey Recipe and Video - Give your Thanksgiving dinner a twist this year. You will be pleasantly surprised at the indescribable flavor of this turkey. Well, WOW comes to mind. I got the general recipe from a German friend of mine with an added twist of my own. I have had so many raves about my turkey that everyone now comes to my house on Thanksgiving. Definitely a crowd pleaser, there has never been left over turkey at my house. Thanks Evelyn :)

Sherry's German Turkey

Give your Thanksgiving dinner a twist this year. You will be pleasantly surprised at the indescribable flavor of this turkey. Well, WOW comes to mind. I got the general recipe from a German friend of mine with an added twist of my own. I have had so many raves about my turkey that everyone now comes to my house on Thanksgiving. Definitely a crowd pleaser, there has never been left over turkey at my house. Thanks Evelyn :)

By Sherry

Turkey Mercedes Recipe and Video - Thanksgiving turkey has been given a Cuban twist! We celebrate this American holiday by preparing a turkey marinated with the flavors of Cuba. The recipe is foolproof and the turkey is the best you'll ever taste!

Turkey Mercedes

Thanksgiving turkey has been given a Cuban twist! We celebrate this American holiday by preparing a turkey marinated with the flavors of Cuba. The recipe is foolproof and the turkey is the best you'll ever taste!

By Anel

Herb-Glazed Roasted Turkey Recipe - A whole turkey is brushed and basted with a honey-butter glaze flavored with thyme, sage, and basil. It's the star of a holiday table.

Herb-Glazed Roasted Turkey

A whole turkey is brushed and basted with a honey-butter glaze flavored with thyme, sage, and basil. It's the star of a holiday table.

By lovestocook

Ma Lipo's Apricot-Glazed Turkey with Roasted Onion and Shallot Gravy Recipe - The glaze gives a wonderful sheen to the bird. A great addition to the menu is wild mushroom stuffing, cranberry sauce with raspberry vinegar, mashed sweet potatoes, rutabaga and parsnip casserole, green beans with walnuts, date and onion relish, pear chutney, and of course, pumpkin pie and butterscotch pie. If fresh sage is unavailable use 1/4 teaspoon dried sage.

Ma Lipo's Apricot-Glazed Turkey with Roasted Onion and Shallot Gravy

The glaze gives a wonderful sheen to the bird. A great addition to the menu is wild mushroom stuffing, cranberry sauce with raspberry vinegar, mashed sweet potatoes, rutabaga and parsnip casserole, green beans with walnuts, date and onion relish, pear chutney, and of course, pumpkin pie and butterscotch pie. If fresh sage is unavailable use 1/4 teaspoon dried sage.

By Bob Cody

Upside Down Turkey Recipe - This is a simple way to prepare a moist turkey without stuffing. The secret ingredient is butter -- it enhances the bird's natural flavor. When the turkey is done, the juices may be used to prepare a gravy by adding cornstarch 1 tablespoon at a time until the liquid begins to thicken. This recipe is based on a 13 pound bird. Adjust as necessary.

Upside Down Turkey

This is a simple way to prepare a moist turkey without stuffing. The secret ingredient is butter -- it enhances the bird's natural flavor. When the turkey is done, the juices may be used to prepare a gravy by adding cornstarch 1 tablespoon at a time until the liquid begins to thicken. This recipe is based on a 13 pound bird. Adjust as necessary.

By BLOND2

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How to Cook a Turkey Recipe and Video - This moist, flavorful turkey will shine at your Thanksgiving table.

How to Cook a Turkey

This moist, flavorful turkey will shine at your Thanksgiving table.

By Chef John

Deep-Fried Turkey Recipe and Video - Deep-frying a turkey takes place outdoors. A twelve pound turkey will cook for about 45 minutes. A whole peeled onion is used to keep the three gallons of oil from scorching.

Deep-Fried Turkey

Deep-frying a turkey takes place outdoors. A twelve pound turkey will cook for about 45 minutes. A whole peeled onion is used to keep the three gallons of oil from scorching.

By Meredith

Grilled Whole Turkey Recipe - Grilling a turkey outdoors in a kettle drum barbecue is a boon to one-oven homes on heavy baking days such as Thanksgiving.

Grilled Whole Turkey

Grilling a turkey outdoors in a kettle drum barbecue is a boon to one-oven homes on heavy baking days such as Thanksgiving.

By Rtarver