Crockpot French Onion Soup

This crockpot recipe has a few more steps than most - but if you like French Onion Soup....the extra work is well worth it.

3 large or 5 small onions, thinly sliced

3 Tbsp. butter, melted

1 Tbsp. olive oil

1 tsp. sugar

3 tablespoons flour

1/2 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. pepper

3 tablespoons white wine 

1 tsp. dried thyme leaves

1 bay leaf

2 cans Swanson’s low sodium beef broth
2 cans Campbell’s Beef Consomme
1 packet Lipton’s Beefy Onion Soup Mix
1 loaf french bread, cut into slices
Sliced aged swiss cheese
Shredded parmesan cheese

Coat crockpot with cooking spray and combine onions, melted butter, olive oil, and sugar. Cover crockpot and cook onions on high heat for 20 minutes or until onions begin to brown around the edges. Stir thoroughly.  Add the white wine and cook for an additional 20 minutes.

Sprinkle flour, salt, and pepper over the onions; mix well. Let cook for 15 minutes longer on high.

Add the thyme, bay leaf, broths, consomme and soup mix. Cook on High for 4 hours or Low for 8 hours.

When ready to serve remove bay leaf, put soup in a bowl and place a slice of bread and both of the cheeses on top and put under the broiler until the cheese melts.