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High Roasted Turkey

Cooks in 80-100 minutes with crisp skin, very moist. From cooks illustrated.

Steps

To brine the turkey: dissolve salt and sugar in 2 gallons cold water in large stockpot or clean bucket.
Add turkey and refrigerate or set in very cool spot for 8 hours.
Set slotted broiler pan top on top of roasting pan with foil-covered dressing and spray with nonstick cooking spray.
Set roasting pan on baking sheet to support bottom.
Remove turkey from brine and rinse well under cool running water.
Position turkey on broiler pan top.
Thoroughly pat surface of turkey dry with paper towels.
Refrigerate turkey and dressing , uncovered , 8 to 24 hours.
To roast turkey with dressing: adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 450f.
Remove broiler pan top with turkey and foil cover over roasting pan.
Replace broiler pan top with turkey.
Brush turkey with melted butter.
Place entire assembly with turkey in oven and roast until turkey skin is crisp and deep brown and instant-read thermometer reads 165 f when inserted in thickest part of breast and 175f in thicke.

Ingredients

kosher salt, sugar, whole turkey, unsalted butter