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Apple Honey Glazed Turkey

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This Apple Honey Glazed Turkey is packed full of flavours with the help of fresh herbs, dried apple cider, and sweet honey. It’s a great dish to serve at your next holiday dinner!

Whole roasted turkey, placed on a platter overtop sage leaves and surrounded by red apples.

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A Large Bird for Every Occasion

The wonderful thing about cooking a whole turkey is how incredibly versatile it is. Thanksgiving turkey? Christmas bird? Regular old Sunday dinner? Check, check and check. When it comes down to it, this Apple Honey Glazed Turkey is a great recipe for any occasion.

Overview of various plates and ingredients to make apple honey glazed turkey.
Woman in a green floral shirt and beige apron, pulling sage leaves into a brass saucepan.
Woman in a green floral shirt and beige apron, swirling honey into a pouring cup. Also on the table are apples, plates and a rosemary plant.

Let’s Get Basting

In addition to being super tasty, this recipe is also easy to pull together. It comes with a list of less than ten ingredients, most of which you may already have on hand. It truly allows for the turkey and seasonal flavours shine. The use of apple cider, fresh sage leaves and honey creates a glaze fit for any gathering!

Woman in a green floral shirt and beige apron, pouring apple cider from a yellow pitcher into a brass saucepan. Table is filled with apples, sage leaves and plates.
Woman in a green floral top and beige apron, pouring white wine vinegar into a brass saucepan.

Pro Tip

When it comes to cooking turkey, don’t be a hero: use a meat thermometer. The general rule is to cook it 13 minutes for every pound of turkey, but the safest and easiest way to roast the perfect turkey is by using an intant-read thermometer. It takes all of the guess work out of roasting, and avoids undercooking or overcooking the protein. So stick that prob into the thickest part of the breast, the thickest part of the thigh and the innermost part of the wing.

Copper saucepan filled with melted butter and sage leaves.
Woman in a green floral top and beige apron, pouring apple honey glaze onto a raw turkey.

Special Equipment

Much like the ingredients, this recipe requires very little kitchen tools.

  • Large roasting pan
  • Small bowl
  • Kitchen twine
  • Meat thermometer
  • Aluminum foil
  • Serving platter
  • Cutting board

Ingredient List

I wasn’t kidding when I said that this Apple Honey Glazed Turkey has a short list of ingredients. Keeping the grocery list small is always a bonus!

  • Butter
  • Fresh Sage
  • Honey
  • White Wine Vinegar
  • Apple Cider
  • Ground Cinnamon
  • Kosher Salt
  • Black Pepper
  • Whole Turkey
Whole roasted turkey, placed on a platter overtop sage leaves and surrounded by red apples.
Close of of apple honey glazed turkey, placed onto a serving platter, surrounded by apples and sage leaves.
Whole roasted turkey, placed on a platter overtop sage leaves and surrounded by red apples.

Roast Turkey For Many Meals

If you aren’t already sold on turkey dinners, let me lay it out for you; cooking an entire turkey is a great time and money saver. One large bird can be repurposed into 3 or 4 meals with the right planning. From soup, sandwiches, pasta and more, choosing turkey is the perfect option when it comes to leftovers.

Turkey is honestly such an awesome economical option once you realize how far one whole bird can go!

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Apple honey glazed turkey, carved and placed onto a white serving platter with gold rim. Turkey is surrounded by cinnamon sticks, apples, and sage leaves.
Apple honey glazed turkey, carved and placed onto a white serving platter with gold rim. Turkey is surrounded by cinnamon sticks, apples, and sage leaves.
Apple honey glazed turkey, carved and placed onto a white serving platter with gold rim. Turkey is surrounded by cinnamon sticks, apples, and sage leaves.
Close up of Apple honey glazed turkey, carved and placed onto a white serving platter with gold rim. Turkey is surrounded by cinnamon sticks, apples, and sage leaves.
Whole roasted turkey, placed on a platter overtop sage leaves and surrounded by red apples.

Apple Honey Glazed Turkey

This Apple Honey Glazed Turkey is packed full of flavours with the help of fresh herbs, dried apple cider, and sweet honey. It's a great dish to serve at your next holiday dinner!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 5 hours
Course Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 14 poeple

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup butter, salted
  • 8 sage leaves, fresh
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 2 Tbsp white wine vinegar
  • 2 cups apple cider
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon, ground
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 20-22 lbs turkey

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F and set the oven rack to the lowest shelf.
  • Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine butter and sage leaves. Transfer the saucepan to the stovetop and bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Cook for 5 minutes, then remove from heat. Discard sage leaves.
  • Add the honey, white wine vinegar, apple cider and cinnamon to the sage butter. Whisk and transfer back to the stovetop. Simmer for 15 minutes, or until the mixture starts to thicken.
  • Add 2 cups of water to the bottom of the roasting pan.
  • Place the turkey in the roasting pan. Pour half of the apple honey glaze onto the turkey. Season with salt and pepper.
  • Transfer the turkey to the oven, basting every 60 minutes with additional apple honey glaze mixture until it reaches an internal temperature of 170°F.
  • Add an additional 1-2 cups of water to the bottom of the roasting pan halfway through cooking.
  • Remove the turkey from the oven and tent the turkey loosely with foil. Allow to rest for 20-30 minutes.
  • Carve the turkey and serve. Enjoy!
Keyword apple, autumn, christmas recipes, comfort food, holiday, Holiday meal, Holiday Recipes, winter
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