Baked Potato Soup

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 large baking potatoes
• 2/3 cup butter
• 2/3 cup flour
• 8 cups milk (you will probably need more to thin)
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 cup sour cream
• 6 green onions, chopped
• 14 slices bacon, cooked till crisp and crumbled
• 2 cups sharp cheddar cheese, grated

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350f and bake the potatoes until fork tender, about 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes. (you can bake the potatoes beforehand).
• 2 melt butter in a medium saucepan. slowly blend in flour with a wire whisk until thoroughly blended. cook the roux (flour in butter) until a very pale golden. gradually add milk to the roux, garlic and season to taste, whisking constantly.
• 3 cut potatoes in half, scoop out the interior and set aside. chop up half the potato peels and discard the remainder.
• 4 when milk mixture is very hot, whisk in potato. add green onion and potato peels. whisk well, add sour cream and crumbled bacon. heat thoroughly. add cheese a little at a time until all is melted in .
• 5 note: you can set aside a bit of the bacon, green onions and cheese to sprinkle on top for a nice appearance.
• 6 enjoy!