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      Title: Loaded Baked Potato Soup
 Categories: Soups, Potatoes, Dairy, Pork, Cheese
      Yield: 6 Servings
 
  2 1/2 lb Baking potatoes
    1/2 lb Sliced bacon
      2 tb Unsalted butter
      1 sm Onion; fine chopped
      2 tb All-purpose flour
      4 c  Milk
    1/2 ts Salt
    1/4 ts Black pepper
    1/4 ts (ea) nutmeg & cayenne
           - pepper
      3 c  Shredded white cheddar
           - cheese
      4    Scallions; thin sliced
      6 ts Sour cream
 
  Heat oven to 400ºF/205ºC.
  
  Pierce potatoes with a fork and bake for 50 minutes until
  tender. Allow to cool slightly. Scoop potato flesh into a
  bowl and mash.
  
  Meanwhile, cook bacon in a large nonstick skillet until
  crisp, about 8 minutes. Remove bacon and crumble; set
  aside. Reserve 2 tbsp of bacon fat.
  
  In a large pot, add butter and reserved bacon fat. Heat
  over medium heat. Add onion and cook 3 minutes; sprinkle
  flour over onion and cook 1 minute. Gradually whisk in
  milk; stir in salt, pepper, nutmeg and cayenne. Add
  reserved mashed potatoes and bring to a simmer. Reduce
  heat to medium-low and simmer 10 minutes, stirring
  occasionally. Stir in 2 cups of the cheese, half the
  reserved bacon and half the scallions.
  
  Heat broiler. Divide soup equally among 6 flame-proof
  onion soup crocks. Sprinkle remaining cup of cheese over
  tops of crocks. Broil 4 inches from heat source for 3
  minutes until cheese melts.
  
  Garnish each with 1 tsp sour cream and remaining bacon and
  scallions.
  
  Family Circle | November 2014
  
  MM Format by Dave Drum - 12 November 2014
  
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