Baked Potato Soup Recipe | Say Mmm

Ingredients

• 2 TBSP butter
• 1 onion finely diced
• 2 celery ribs + leaves chopped (don’t stress if your ribs are naked or omit completely if you hate celery)
• 4 cloves garlic minced
• 1/2 cup flour
• 5 cups milk (feel free to substitute up to half chicken broth)
• approximately 7lbs baked potatoes peeled and mashed
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp ground pepper
• 4 oz cheddar (or monterey jack) grated or cut into small cubes (grate additional cheese for garnish)
• 4 – 6 slices bacon roughly chopped (save a little for garnish)
• 1 cup half and half (or sour cream)