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Maple Glazed Breast of Turkey

 

Ingredients

 

• 1 7-8 lb. whole turkey breast, fresh or frozen and thawed

• 1/2 apple chopped into two pieces

• ½ lemon

• ½ onion

• 1 stalk celery halved

• 1 sprig fresh rosemary

• 1 sprig fresh thyme

• Salt to taste

• ½ cup 1 stick butter

• ½ cup pure maple syrup

• 1 cup water

 

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

• Rinse the turkey breast with cold water. Pat dry.

• Stuff turkey cavity with apple, lemon, onion, celery, rosemary, and thyme. Sprinkle salt inside the cavity.

• Place the turkey in a large shallow roasting pan lined with aluminum foil. Don’t skip the aluminum foil (it makes clean up quick and easy)!

• TO PREPARE THE GLAZE: In a small saucepan, melt butter with maple syrup over low heat. Pour maple butter glaze over turkey to coat.

• Add 1 cup water to bottom of pan.

• Roast the turkey breast for 2 – 2 ½ hours, or until an instant-read thermometer registers 175-180 degrees F. Baste with pan juices every 30 minutes.

• If any part of the turkey browns too quickly while cooking, just tent lightly with aluminum foil.

• Remove the turkey from the oven and place on a large cutting board. Tent the turkey with foil and allow it to rest for about 20 minutes before carving.

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• Jeani's note...we do not let our brest cook to such a high temperature..160 is perfect to pull it out; the carry over cooking will get it to 165, which is all the higher you want to cook a breast portion to!

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Recipe from The Seasoned Mom