Description
A great way to make make a flavorful turkey roast for any night of the week. It’s also great when you’re having just a handful of people for Thanksgiving.
Ingredients
- 1 (3 pound) boneless turkey breast roast, thawed
- ½ cup pure maple syrup, or more as needed
- 1 teaspoon liquid smoke flavoring (Optional)
- 1 teaspoon ground paprika
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon dried crushed thyme
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste
Instructions
- Preheat an oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- Remove the plastic netting and wrap from the turkey roast
- if any
- but leave on string netting. (Remove and discard gravy packet
- if any). Rinse the turkey
- and pat dry with paper towels.
- Mix together the maple syrup
- smoke flavoring
- paprika
- salt
- pepper
- garlic powder
- onion powder
- thyme
- and cayenne pepper in a bowl
- stirring to combine well. Brush the syrup mixture all over the turkey roast.
- Place the roast
- skin side up
- on a baking rack set in a roasting pan. Roast in the preheated oven
- basting occasionally
- until the roast is golden brown and a meat thermometer inserted into the center of the roast reads 170 degrees F (75 degrees C). Roasting time is about 1 1/2 hours. Wrap the roast in foil
- and let stand 10 minutes before removing the string netting for slicing.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins
Servings: 6