What to Eat January 4th

Today I came home from work and put an entire turkey in the oven. I had thawed it out a few days ago and so I had to use it. By the time I got home from work it was perfect!

To cook the turkey I rubbed it down with salt, put it in a pan and into the oven at 475 degrees for 20 minutes. Then I turned it down to 250 and cooked it for 20 minutes for each pound. It was moist and tender and delicious.

I made gravy with the drippings in the pan. I put the pan on the stove and just added salt and then flour a spoonful at a time until it was thick and bubbly.

I put greenbeans on and took some cranberry sauce out of the can.

Then last but not least I made a homemade apple pie, crust and all. The crust I made the dough a while ago and froze it in sections so I would have it ready to use at any time. For the filling I put apples (diced up) 1 tsp allspice, nutmeg and cinnamon, 1 1/2 cups brown sugar, 1tsp vanilla and the zest of one orange. I cooked it at 350 for 1 hour. DELICIOUS!!