Maple Glazed Turkey Breast Recipe

This is the best Thanksgiving turkey recipe I have ever tried. The maple gives the turkey a sweet and savory taste, and the meat is so juicy.

Prep Time10

Cook Time1 30

Total Time1 40

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Best Turkey, Easy Thanksgiving Turkey Recipes, glazed turkey, maple

Servings: people

Calories: 228kcal

Equipment

roasting pan

Ingredients

3 lb turkey breast
½ cup maple syrup
1 teaspoon liquid smoke
1 teaspoon ground paprika
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon onion powder
½ teaspoon dried thyme
1 pinch cayenne pepper

Instructions

Preheat an oven to 325 degrees F.
Remove the plastic netting and wrap from the turkey roast, if any, but leave on string netting. (Remove and discard gravy packet, if any).
Rinse the turkey, and pat dry with paper towels.
Mix together the maple syrup, smoke flavoring, paprika, salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, thyme, and cayenne pepper in a bowl, stirring to combine well.
Brush the syrup mixture all over the turkey roast.
Place the roast, skin side up, on a baking rack set in a roasting pan.
Roast in the preheated oven, basting occasionally, until the roast is golden brown and a meat thermometer inserted into the center of the roast reads 170 degrees F, about 1 1/2 hours.
Wrap the roast in foil, and let stand 10 minutes before removing the string netting for slicing.

Notes

Cooking Turkey can be a difficult task when you don’t have one of those red buttons that pops up when it has reached a certain temperature.

However, using a meat thermometer, you can see how hot your turkey is, on your own. When a turkey is done cooking, it should have reached an internal temperature of 170 degrees.

You can also tell by slicing into it. If all the pink is gone, and the juice runs clear, your turkey is done and ready to go.

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