Maple-Roasted Turkey with Sage, Smoked Bacon, and Cornbread Stuffing

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Have made this Turkey 4 times now and it is always great! After cooking the bacon with the maple syrup glaze, i would love 20 pounds of the bacon. Have made 2 times without the stuffing and still turns out great. You GOTTA try it!!!

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frist turkey i ever baked for thanksgiving everyone just loved it so easy, followed the recipe,didnt change anything.Will make again.

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All in all very good.Instead of putting the bacon on the bird, we diced, fried and added it tothe stuffing. I only basted with the maple syrup twice. I also made my own corn bread which helped so I didn't have dry stuffing.

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I didn't care for this. The gravy was too sweet. And the bacon was just odd. I've made Tyler Florence's fig-glazed turkey recipe, and that one was fantastic. But this one, not so much.

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I only bought a turkey breast since I didn't need a whole turkey, but I used this recipe for inspiration. I butterflied the breast, smeared the herb butter all in it (used sage and rosemary, then rolled it, poured a little bit of the melted butter on it, poured a little maple syrup on it, wrapped it with bacon, tied it, and roasted it. It was AMAZING. I think I would do this for any occasion haha! HOWEVER, I only baked the stuffing and it was as DRY AS A BONE. Needs WAY more moisture if you're going to bake it separately. Probably 2-3 C stock, not a measly 1/2 C. I ended up just dumping stock directly on it after I tasted how dry it was after I baked it haha! Problem solved. It might have been because I used homemade cornbread, so it was not as oily as store bought. Minus 2 stars because the stuffing was a bust, except I was able to save it last minute. Phew.

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This is the best turkey recipe I have ever tried and I've tried 6 to date. This recipe was spectacular and my family and friends raved. Even the folks that don't like white meat chowed on it because it was so moist. I made a few alterations. I replaced the water with Bourbon and mixed it with the maple syrup. I used 2 boxes of Turkey Stove Top Stuffing cooked with a bag of craisens mixed in and packed the bird with it. I had a 17 lb bird so I cooked it for 4 hours then let it stay in the oven for another hour with the heat turned off.
I covered the bird with bacon for the 3d and 4th hours then removed the bacon, stored it and used it for breakfast the next day. I basted the turkey one more time and let it rest the last hour. This recipe is a keeper and I will use it for years to come. YUM!!!!!

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First Turkey I ever made and it was delicious! Juicy, tasty nice crispy skin.

1 Didn't do stuffing- just put in quartered onion, halved lemon and bunch of parsley.
2 Followed directions on prep and cooking BUT I forgot about the maple glaze and forgot to put salt in the sage butter.

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After reading all the wonderful reviews, I decided to forsake my tried and true turkey recipe (in a cooking bag, for this change of pace. I followed the recipe exactly as written, except I did not use the corn bread stuffing as I do not like corn bread. I found the turkey a bit on the dry side, and though I used the sage butter inside and out, I could never detect either a hint of sage butter flavor nor maple syrup flavor. My guests ate the turkey, but most told me that my usual turkey recipe was moister and more flavorful. I will be returning to it next year. The gravy, on the other hand, was the best thing about the recipe--as flavorful as my usual gravy with a nice tinge of sweetness from the diluted maple syrup.

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The BEST turkey recipe ever. I use this recipe every year. When I asked my family if they would like to try a new turkey recipe the answer is always "no". I'm not the best cook ever but with this recipe I feel like a chef. The turkey is cooked to perfection and juicy instead of dry. I haven't found any other recipe that compares. Actually I went to a friends house for Thanksgiving last year and we both made turkey...mine was gone first. :

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I used this recipe a few years ago and everyone loved it. I am using it again this year. My taste buds are watering just from thinking about it.