Honey-Butter Roasted Turkey

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup Food Club Kosher Salt
• 3 tablespoons Food Club Brown Sugar
• 1 (10-12 pound) Food Club Turkey, neck and giblets removed, patted dry
• 1 Simply Done 20-Pound Roasting Pan
• 1/2 cup, plus 2 tablespoons melted, Food Club Unsalted Butter, divided
• 2 tablespoons Food Club Honey
• 2 teaspoons Food Club Soy Sauce
• 2 sprigs fresh rosemary
• 1/2 teaspoon Food Club Black Pepper
• 8 apples, cored and cut in half
• 3 yellow onions, peeled and quartered
• 1/2 teaspoon Food Club Kosher Salt

Directions

1. In a small bowl, combine salt and brown sugar until thoroughly mixed.
2. Place turkey breast-side-up in a Simply Done Foil Roasting Pan. Rub salt and brown sugar mixture all over turkey, inside and out. Place uncovered in the refrigerator and let sit at least 12 hours, and up to 2 days.
3. Preheat oven to 425 °F. Remove turkey from roasting pan and rinse excess salt mixture off. Pat dry with paper towels and place turkey back into roasting pan, breast-side-up.
4. Transfer turkey to preheated oven and pour 1 cup of water into bottom of roasting pan. Roast for 35-45 minutes, or until skin is golden-brown all over, adding more water, as necessary, to ensure drippings do not burn.
5. While turkey roasts, combine 1/2 cup butter, honey, soy sauce, rosemary and black pepper in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Toss apples and onions in a large bowl with remaining 2 tablespoons of butter and 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt.
6. Lower the oven temperature to 325°F and baste with honey-butter mixture. Add apples and onions to roasting pan, surrounding turkey. Roast turkey, basting with honey-butter every 15 minutes for 70-90 minutes, or until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the breast registers 160°F. If skin begins to brown too fast, tent turkey loosely with aluminum foil until desired temperature is reached.
7. Remove turkey from oven and let rest at least 30 minutes before carving and serving.