BBQ Glazed Turkey

Well, Thanksgiving has come and gone and I am sure there was a lot of great food prepared. Unfortunately I found this recipe about about three weeks too late. I have never tried to barbecue a turkey before but this recipe caught my eye.

A BBQ Glazed Turkey - I don't know where the recipe originated, but I found it on The Arizona Republic's website today.

1/4 cup sweet barbecue sauce
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon instant coffee crystals
1/8 teaspoon ground cumin
2 teaspoons butter or margarine
14-pound turkey, thawed if frozen
Non-stick cooking spray

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Combine barbecue sauce, corn syrup, coffee and cumin in glass measuring cup. Microwave on high 1 minute, stirring once, or until coffee is dissolved. Add butter or margarine and stir until melted. Set glaze aside to cool. Remove neck and giblets from body and neck cavities of turkey; refrigerate for another use or discard. Drain juices from turkey; pat dry with paper towels. Turn wings back to hold neck skin against back of turkey. Place turkey, breast up, on flat roasting rack in shallow roasting pan. Spray turkey with cooking spray.

Bake turkey at 325 degrees for 2 hours. Brush turkey with some of the glaze. Loosely cover breast and tops of drumsticks with aluminum foil to prevent overcooking of breast and glaze from darkening too much.

Continue baking turkey 1 to 1 1/2 hours, or until meat thermometer reaches 180 degrees when inserted in deepest part of thigh, brushing with additional glaze after 30 minutes. Let turkey stand 15 minutes before carving.

Makes 14 servings.

This sounds like a good one to try......maybe even in the summer time.