I need a good turkey recipe? 10 pts for best answer and a thumbs up for any good answers!?

I am making the turkey for Thanksgiving and I have never made a turkey before. My mom is sick this Thanksgiving so I want it to be really good because she usually makes it. I want to know how to do EVERYTHING, starting with the turkey being unwrapped. I want to stuff it, but have no idea when to. Please help!


Thanks!I need a good turkey recipe? 10 pts for best answer and a thumbs up for any good answers!?
Ingredients


1 (14 to 16 pound) frozen young turkey


For the brine:


1 cup kosher salt


1/2 cup light brown sugar


1 gallon vegetable stock


1 tablespoon black peppercorns


1/2 tablespoon allspice berries


1/2 tablespoon candied ginger


1 gallon iced water


For the aromatics:


1 red apple, sliced


1/2 onion, sliced


1 cinnamon stick


1 cup water


4 sprigs rosemary


6 leaves sage


Canola oil


Directions


Combine all brine ingredients, except ice water, in a stockpot, and bring to a boil. Stir to dissolve solids, then remove from heat, cool to room temperature, and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled.





Early on the day of cooking, (or late the night before) combine the brine and ice water in a clean 5-gallon bucket. Place thawed turkey breast side down in brine, cover, and refrigerate or set in cool area (like a basement) for 6 hours. Turn turkey over once, half way through brining.





A few minutes before roasting, heat oven to 500 degrees. Combine the apple, onion, cinnamon stick, and cup of water in a microwave safe dish and microwave on high for 5 minutes.





Remove bird from brine and rinse inside and out with cold water. Discard brine.





Place bird on roasting rack inside wide, low pan and pat dry with paper towels. Add steeped aromatics to cavity along with rosemary and sage. Tuck back wings and coat whole bird liberally with canola (or other neutral) oil.





Roast on lowest level of the oven at 500 degrees F. for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and cover breast with double layer of aluminum foil, insert probe thermometer into thickest part of the breast and return to oven, reducing temperature to 350 degrees F. Set thermometer alarm (if available) to 161 degrees. A 14 to 16 pound bird should require a total of 2 to 2 1/2 hours of roasting. Let turkey rest, loosely covered for 15 minutes before carving.


I need a good turkey recipe? 10 pts for best answer and a thumbs up for any good answers!?
One of the easiest ways to cook a turkey is to use a turkey bag, it takes the guess work out of basting.





Open your thawed bird, remove any thing that is in the cavity, also at the back side under the skin there is normally the neck or a sack of goods remove that as well...rinse it with cold water and pat it dry with a paper towel. season it inside and out with some sea salt and cracked black pepper... you can stuff it at this point


I don't stuff mine.... I normally would loosen the skin from the breast and stick a few pats of butter under the skin, then place it in a turkey bag (these can be found where the tin foil and saran wrap is at the store)... Pour in 1 box of chicken stock and 1 box of water, seal it up and place it in a 375* oven the length of time depends on the size of the bird. the package should say how many minutes per pound.
Hi Olivia- my best response would be- look at Alton Brown's brined turkey- I made it not to long ago- it was awesome. It was simple- but well worth the extra work