Subj : BH&G 2428 To : ALL From : DAVE DRUM Date : Fri Apr 16 2021 15:08:00 MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 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 Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives MMMMM .... No man can serve two masters - yes men can serve hundreds. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.49 * Origin: Fido Since 1991 | QWK by Web | BBS.FIDOSYSOP.ORG (1:123/140) .