This is the basic recipe for cooking an oven roasted turkey. Most important thing you want to do prior to cooking a turkey is to make sure the turkey is safely thawed. For most of us the turkey is frozen when we purchase it. So give it a whole day to thaw. I generally place the turkey in a containor of very cold water. I continuously change the water. If any doubts place the containor with the bird in the fridge to unthaw for at least 24 hours. Keep it at thw bottom part of the fridge.
Once the turkey is thawed take out the neck and any other parts of the turkey that are placed in the body cavity. Rinse with cold water and pat dry. Season with salt and pepper and place in roasting pan. The oven should have been preheated to a temperature of 375 degrees farenheit for about 4 hours. Now depending on the size you may have to adjust the temperature anywhere from 350 to 375 degrees. the cooking time may need to be extended or shortened slightly but if the internal temperature of the turkey is 185 degrees at it's thickest part then the bird is cooked. For that nice browned turkey generally i cooked it uncovered in the latter stages of cooking.
1-12 to 15 lb turkey
salt and pepper
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