Ultimate Roast Turkey

Ingredients:

1 (12 pound) fresh or thawed turkey
Kosher salt
1 whole sliced onion, 1 whole garlic bulb sliced and peeled, and sliced Fuji apple for cavity
Brown sugar
Emeril's Chicken rub
Morton's Nature Seasons
Butter or Margerine
Dried Thyme, Rosemary, Bay leaves, and or Basil

Ingredients for Brine:
1 or 2 cans of chicken broth
Mushroom seasoning
1 cup of Kosher Salt
2/3 cup of light brown sugar

Directions for Brine:

1. Within 24 hours of cooking your turkey, mix brine ingredients together well with a whisk
Place the turkey in brine filling the rest of the pot with water to cover the entire turkey
2. Cover and store in the refrigerator.
3. Remove turkey from brine and rinse after at least 3 hours, but no more than 24

Directions to roast:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
1. Place the turkey in a large roasting pan (make sure the turkey is lifted with a rack).
2. Generously sprinkle the cavity with Kosher salt and Morton's Nature Seasons
3. Stuff the cavity with the chopped fuji apple, onion, and garlic.
4. Mix melted butter, thyme, rosemary, bay leaves, basil, kosher salt, and Emeril's chicken rub in a bowl, set aside
5. Sprinkle Morton's Nature Seasons all around turkey. Then pat the outside of the turkey generously with the mixture in step 4. (Mix more if needed, depending on the size of your turkey and how crusted you want it)
6. Tie the legs together with string and tuck the wing tips under the body of the turkey. Close up the cavity with a skewer
7. Roast the turkey until done with an automatic temperature gauge

Note: You can also save the giblets to make gravy. Just simmer the giblets with beef broth, add salt, and add corn starch to thicken.