Cream Cheese Baked Potato Soup

This is a crockpot recipe and it's really good! The cream cheese gives it a new twist :)

Ingredients: 5 lbs potatoes (I used Russet potatoes)
                   1 onion
                   minced garlic
                   8 cups chicken stock
                  16 oz. cream cheese
                  1 T. seasoned salt
For the garnish:  Bacon (I use an entire package)
                           shredded cheese
                           chives (I buy them already chopped for me)
   *you also need a blender*

 Directions: Dice the potatoes into small cubes (do not peel them). Put into crockpot, along with chopped onion, minced garlic (I don't measure this...just dump a couple teaspoons worth or so....), seasoning salt, and chicken broth.
   Cook on high for 6 hours. Remove about 1/2 of the soup and pour into blender. Puree until well blended. Pour it back into the crockpot. (it makes it really creamy...yum!) Then, stir in the cream cheese and allow to melt.
    Top with garnish!
*I just cook an entire package of bacon until nice and crispy, then crumble it up into pieces. I save it in a ziploc bag.  I made this for family before and they wanted more bacon...so make an extra package of bacon if you are cooking for bacon lovers! :)

Serving size: Makes a big crockpot full! I would say about 8-10 people