Comfort Baked Potato Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 large potatoes
• 2/3 cup butter
• 2/3 cup flour
• 1 1/2 quarts milk
• 4 green onions
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 cups crisp cooked bacon, crumbled
• 5 ounces grated cheddar cheese
• salt and pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350 degrees and bake potatoes for approximately 1 1/2 hours, or until tender.
• 2 melt butter in a medium saucepan.
• 3 slowly blend in flour with a wire whisk until well blended.
• 4 gradually add milk to the butter-flour mixture, whisking constantly.
• 5 whisk in salt and pepper and simmer over low heat, stirring constantly.
• 6 cut potatoes in half, scoop out the "meat" and set aside.
• 7 chop half the potato peels and discard the remainder.
• 8 when milk mixture is very hot, whisk in potato.
• 9 add green onion and potato peels.
• 10 whisk well, add sour cream and crumbled bacon.
• 11 heat through.
• 12 add cheese a little at a time until it is all melted inches.
• 13 serve!