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Scalloped Potatoes

Scalloped Potatoes Ingredients: butter, without salt wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched soup, chicken broth or bouillon, dry cheese, cheddar potatoes, raw, skin bread crumbs, dry, grated, plain Directions: Pr...

Scalloped Potatoes

Ingredients:
butter, without salt
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
soup, chicken broth or bouillon, dry
cheese, cheddar
potatoes, raw, skin
bread crumbs, dry, grated, plain

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350F.
and butter a 2-quart shallow baking dish.
In a heavy saucepan melt butter over moderately low heat and whisk in flour.
Cook roux, whisking, 3 minutes and add broth in a stream, whisking.
Bring sauce to a boil, whisking, and simmer, whisking, until thickened, about 2 minutes.
Remove pan from heat and whisk in cheese and salt and pepper to taste, whisking until cheese is melted.
Peel potatoes and slice about 1/8 inch thick.
In prepared baking dish make 5 layers each of potatoes and sauce, beginning with potatoes and ending with sauce.
Scalloped potatoes may be prepared up to this point 2 hours ahead and kept covered.
Sprinkle bread crumbs on top and bake, uncovered, in oven 1 hour, or until potatoes are tender and top is golden.