Recipes and Cooking Roast Turkey with Old-Fashioned Bread Stuffing 4.0 (22) Roast Turkey with Old-Fashioned Bread Stuffing brings back memories of your mom's Thanksgiving dinner. It will be tough to save enough room for pie after you take a bite of this moist roast turkey recipe. By BHG Test Kitchen BHG Test Kitchen The Better Homes & Gardens Test Kitchen has been in continuous operation for nearly 100 years, developing and testing practical, reliable recipes that readers can enjoy at home. The Test Kitchen team includes culinary specialists, food stylists, registered and licensed nutritionists, and other experts with Bachelor of Science degrees in food science, food and nutrition, or culinary arts. Together, the team tests more than 2,500 recipes, produces more than 2,500 food images, and creates more than 1,000 food videos each year in the state-of-the-art test kitchen. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Published on June 14, 2011 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Prep Time: 45 mins Roast Time: 3 hrs 15 mins Stand Time: 15 mins Total Time: 4 hrs 15 mins Servings: 12 Jump to Nutrition Facts Ingredients 1 cup chopped celery 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms or one 4-ounce can sliced mushrooms, drained (optional) ½ cup chopped onion (1 medium) 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning or ground sage ¼ teaspoon pepper ⅛ teaspoon salt 8 cup dry bread cubes* ½ - ¾ cup chicken broth or water 1 10-12 pound turkey Cooking oil ⅓ cup margarine or butter Directions For stuffing, in a medium saucepan cook celery; fresh mushrooms, if using; and onion in margarine or butter until tender but not brown; remove from heat. Stir in poultry seasoning or sage, pepper, and salt. Place dry bread cubes in a large mixing bowl; add onion mixture and, if using, canned mushrooms. Drizzle with enough broth or water to moisten, tossing lightly. Season body cavity of turkey with salt. Spoon some of the stuffing loosely into neck cavity. Pull the neck skin to the back; fasten with a skewer. Lightly spoon more stuffing into the body cavity. (Place any remaining stuffing in a casserole, cover, and chill. Bake stuffing alongside turkey for 30 to 45 minutes or until heated through.) Tuck the ends of the drumsticks under the band of skin across the tail. If the band of skin is not present, tie the drumsticks securely to the tail. Twist wing tips under the back. Place turkey, breast side up, on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Brush with oil. Insert a meat thermometer into the center of one of the inside thigh muscles. The thermometer bulb should not touch the bone. Cover turkey loosely with foil. Roast turkey in a 325 degree F oven for 3-1/4 to 3-1/2 hours or until thermometer registers 180 degrees F. The internal temperature of the stuffing should reach 165 degrees F. After 2-1/2 hours, cut band of skin or string between the drumsticks so thighs will cook evenly. When done, drumsticks should move very easily in their sockets and their thickest parts should feel soft when pressed. Uncover the last 30 minutes of roasting. Remove turkey from oven. Cover; let stand 15 to 20 minutes before carving. Use a spoon to remove stuffing from turkey; place in a serving bowl. Carve turkey. Makes 12 to 14 servings. * To make dry bread cubes for stuffing, cut bread into 1/2-inch square pieces. (You'll need 12 to 14 slices of bread for 8 cups of dry cubes.) Spread in a single layer in a 15-1/2x10-1/2x2-inch baking pan. Bake in a 300 degree F oven for 10 to 15 minutes or until dry, stirring twice; cool. (Bread will continue to dry as it cools.) Or, let stand, loosely covered, at room temperature for 8 to 12 hours. Tips Prepare stuffing cubes and freeze up to 1 month ahead. (Do not stuff turkey until just before roasting.) Rate it Print Nutrition Facts (per serving) 392 Calories 19g Fat 14g Carbs 38g Protein Show Full Nutrition Label Hide Full Nutrition Label Nutrition Facts Servings Per Recipe 12 Calories 392 % Daily Value * Total Fat 19g 24% Saturated Fat 5g 25% Cholesterol 121mg 40% Sodium 343mg 15% Total Carbohydrate 14g 5% Protein 38g Vitamin C 1.2mg 6% Calcium 60.6mg 5% Iron 4.1mg 23% *The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.