Cheesy Broccoli Twice Baked Potatoes

Over the past couple of days we've been eating your typical easy BBQ foods: hot dogs, hamburgs, macaroni salad, chips etc. It seems this time of year holds a lot of birthdays in my family so we've  been celebrating by of course BBQing. I did manage to cook something other than hot dogs: Cheesy Broccoli Twice Baked Potatoes. I love twice baked potatoes! I try different recipes all the time. I received inspiration from a magazine to try this new variation.

Cheesy Broccoli Twice Baked Potatoes

3 large white potatoes
1 head of broccoli
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp flour
1/2 tsp garlic salt
1 cup milk
3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Clean and scrub potatoes. Pierce potatoes with fork and microwave for 10-12 minutes or until potatoes are fully cooked.
Meanwhile boil broccoli until tender. Drain water from broccoli and set aside.
Once potatoes are cool enough to handle, cut lengthwise in half. Scoop out insides of potatoes, leaving 1/4 inch around skin. Add scooped out potato insides to a bowl with cooked broccoli, set aside.
Heat butter in a small pot over medium until melted. Add flour to butter and whisk for 2 minutes. Add 1 cup of milk to flour/butter mixture and continue whisking until sauce thickens. Add cheddar cheese and garlic salt, stirring until cheese is all melted. Remove from heat
Add 3/4 of the cheese sauce to potatoes and broccoli and mash with a potato masher or hand-held electric mixer( I prefer the electric).
Scoop broccoli mixture back into potato shells and top with remaining cheese sauce. Bake potatoes on greased baking sheet for 15 minutes at 400 degrees.