Directions

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Place the turkey in a large turkey roasting pan or on a turkey roasting rack.
2. Add 2 cups of water to the bottom of your roasting plan, add 4 cups for turkeys over 14lbs. Sprinkle a salt and pepper mixture over the turkey.
3. Place several pads of butter on the turkey and a sprinkle of flour to make crispy turkey skin.
4. Salt and pepper the turkey, add a few pats of butter on skin and sprinkle with a little flour for a tasty skin.
5. Cook at 450 degrees for the 1st hour then reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees for the remainder of time.
6. Fresh turkeys cook approximately 10 minutes per pound and should reach an internal temperature of 165 degrees.
7. Stuffed turkeys take longer (at least 1/2 hour longer or more).
8. Use tinfoil to create a tent over the turkey.
9. Remove the tin foil from they turkey the last 1/2 hour to brown and crisp the skin.