Northeast Gardening: Let's Talk Turkey - Year-End Edition, 1 by WNYwillieB

WNYwillieB wrote:
Ooo ... I like those cutters, too!!

I think monkey bread is made in a bundt pan. You take small, golf ball sized balls of bread dough, dip then in garlic butter, fill the bundt pan and bake. At least that is what we call monkey bread here. You can also roll them in cinnamon. I'd love to hear if there are other types.

Well, the turkey finally got baked yesterday. Thought I would share the cooking technique with you, in case you have never explored this option.

You can cook ANY size turkey, stuffed or unstuffed, in 3 hours. Bake the first hour at 500ºF, the second hour at 400ºF and the last hour at 300ºF (I sometimes do it at 325ºF).

Thoroughly grease the inside of a brown heavy paper grocery bag with crisco. You can tell on the outside of the bag where you missed inside. Then, rub the outside of the bag to complete the saturation. This keeps the bag from burning, but also creates a steamer inside the bag.

Here is a shot of the finished product, fresh out of the cooker.

The turkey always comes out moist and perfectly done. This one temped out at 205ºF when removed. Practically melts in your mouth.