Old-Fashioned Stuffed Turkey

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2009, America's Test Kitchen TV

We read up on American cookery to rescue a rare bird from the brink of extinction—namely, the holiday turkey that has it all.

SERVES 10 to 12

TIME 5 to 5½ hours, plus 24 hours brining and 30 minutes resting

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We discovered a few ways to get a roast turkey recipe with everything in one package—juicy meat, burnished skin, and richly flavored stuffing. We salted the meat to keep it flavorful and moist. We started the bird in a low oven and graduall...

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