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Holiday Roasted Turkey
Copyright © 2004 by Michelle Jones, editor of BetterBudgeting.com

Contrary to popular belief, you don't need a Butterball to have a wonderful roasted turkey for Thanksgiving or Christmas!  Buy the cheaper store brand turkey for the holidays to save money and then use my recipe to make it fabulous!

Ingredients:

1 large turkey, thawed 
1 celery stalk, cut in half
1 medium onion, cut in half
1 orange, cut in half
1 T. flour
® Oven Cooking Bag (comes in a box of 2)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Remove inside package of giblets and rinse turkey, inside and out, then pat dry with paper towel.  Place cut up veggies and orange into the cleaned out turkey cavity (these are not for eating, just for flavoring).

Open Oven Cooking Bag and add 1 T. flour, then hold bag closed and shake flour to coat the inside of bag evenly.  Lay bag gently in roasting pan (that's at least 2 inches high) and place turkey inside bag. Close bag with nylon tie and cut 6 1/2-inch slits in top.  

Place turkey in oven and bake as directed on Reynolds box... it takes about half of the usual roasting time!

No matter what brand you use, this cooking method will produce a moist, tender and absolutely delicious turkey for your holiday meal.  Enjoy!

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