{"id":3531,"date":"2023-06-20T00:40:32","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T00:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/?p=3531"},"modified":"2025-01-11T22:56:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T22:56:03","slug":"thanksgiving-turkey-stuffing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/thanksgiving-turkey-stuffing\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving Turkey & Stuffing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Photo by Stephanie Knewasser<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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From the kitchen of Joan Knewasser<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

If turkey is frozen, make sure you have plenty of time to thaw; it takes DAYS. Calculate 1 day for every 4 pounds, so a 20 lb turkey would take 5 days to thaw in the refrigerator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day Before<\/span>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cube 2 large loaves of <\/strong><\/em>bread<\/em><\/strong> & leave out overnight, occasionally stir to make sure it all gets hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 Hours Before Going in Oven<\/span>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take stuff out of both ends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wash “inside parts<\/strong><\/em>” & put in a pot with approx. 3 c water<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simmer 1 hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rinse bird with cold water & salt, let faucet run in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shake 1 Tbsp flour<\/em><\/strong> into oven bag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place 2 stalks <\/strong><\/em>celery<\/em><\/strong> & 1 med<\/strong><\/em>ium <\/em><\/strong>onion<\/em><\/strong>, halved, in bag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place bag in roaster\/ pan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Put turkey on top of veggies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twist tie bag & place in fridge until ready to stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/2 Hour Before Going in Oven<\/span>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saute 2 1\/2- 3 sticks of butter<\/strong><\/em> (no subs) & 1 medium diced <\/strong><\/em>onion<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toss with hard bread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Season with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

salt<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

pepper<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

celery salt<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/2 tsp <\/strong><\/em>sage<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

poultry seasoning<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use “parts water” to moisten the dressing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Firmly pack in turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What doesn’t fit, add more parts water to & put in casserole, bake covered @ 350 for 1\/2 hr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dry turkey (just what’s exposed).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rub with crisco<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

salt & pepper<\/em><\/strong> skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seal bag with tie included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cut 6 slits, 1\/2 inch each, in top of bag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place thermometer through a slit, into the thickest part of inner thigh, not touching bone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bake @ 350.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time depends on the size of the turkey, temp should be 170.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12-16 lbs 2 1\/2 – 3 hrs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16-20 lbs 3 – 3 1\/2 hrs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20-24 lbs 3 1\/2 – 4 hrs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May take longer than it says, may add 1\/2 hr to meet schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tear bag to let it cool for 1\/2 hr, this also lets juices set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joan Knewasser<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,7],"tags":[104,106,116,359,421],"class_list":["post-3531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chicken","category-main","tag-joan-knewasser","tag-recipe","tag-stuffing","tag-thanksgiving","tag-turkey"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}