Thanksgiving recipes by Marta

Hello family!

I hope everyone is excited for Thanksgiving. I am excited to have Beverly, Mark, Mary & Michael with us this year. But I will miss having Gianni, Jolene and the girls far away along with Peter.

Here are a couple of the recipes I make every year for Thanksgiving.

Turkey:

20 lb turkey

3 Tablespoons salt(roughly)-Rub the outside and inside of the bird

1 lemon-Squeeze lemon all over the outside of the bird

3-4 medium apples-I wash the apples and put the whole apple inside the bird

2 medium sized onions-I just peel them and stick the whole onion inside

1/2 cup butter

1 teaspoon garlic powder

2 teaspoons paprika

I combine melted butter with the garlic powder & paprika and then take a pastry brush and brush the sauce all over the inside and outside of the bird.

Turn on oven to 350 degrees and cook for about 5-6 hours. Right before the bird is done I take off the bag or foil and stick it back in the oven for about 10 minutes so it becomes a little crispy on the outside. Then what I like to do is to take the juices from the turkey and make my own gravy.

Rolls:

I usually double this recipe because my family is big and they like to eat a lot of bread.

4 cups warm water

1 tablespoon sugar

2 tablespoon yeast

Combine these 3 ingredients and let it sit for 5-10 minutes and then add 1 tablespoon salt and 2 tablespoons oil if you want soft rolls. If you want harder rolls use 2 tablespoons of shortening instead of oil.

For soft rolls use 8 cups of flour, for hard rolls use 9 cups of flour. Let the dough rise until you see that it doubles in size, which is usually about 15 minutes.

You don't need to knead this dough, just begin to take some dough and make little balls.

Heat oven to 400 degrees and bake for 15-20 minutes until golden brown. Once I take them out of the oven I like to melt butter and brush the tops of the rolls right away.

I hope you enjoy these recipes.

Happy Thanksgiving!

~Marta