Slow Cooker Potatoes Au Gratin

Slow Cooker Potatoes Au Gratin

6 medium potatoes (I used Yukon Gold)

8 oz cheese, shredded

3 T butter

¼ cup flour

2 cups milk (skim is fine)

garlic (optional)

salt (not optional)

Wash, peel, and slice your potatoes. You want them about a medium thickness. I ran them through my food processor. Grease your slow cooker. I used 2T of extra butter, but pan spray would work just fine as long as you really coat the pot. Add one layer of potatoes and salt them. You can use regular table salt, Kosher salt, or even garlic salt, but do not skimp on the salt or your potatoes will be bland, bland, bland.  Continue layering and salting until you have used all the potato slices.  When all the potatoes are in the pot, melt the 3T of butter in a large saucepan.   Add the flour and whisk.  Cook over medium heat until mixture starts to bubble up, then cook for 2 minutes whisking constantly.  Slowly pour in the milk and whisk until thickened.   Add the cheese and stir until melted.  Pour over the top of the potatoes. Don’t stir the potatoes, but give them a jiggle to get some of the sauce down into the bottom of the pot.. Place 2 paper towels across the top of the slow cooker and put on the top.  Turn the pot on high and leave it for an hour. You can leave it on high for two more hours and turn it to low for 3-4 hours.