Baked Potato Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 large baking potatoes
• 2/3 cup butter
• 2/3 cup flour
• 1 1/2 quarts milk
• 4 green onions, diced
• 1 cup sour cream
• 6 -8 slices crisp-cooked bacon, crumbled (to equal 1 cup)
• 5 ounces grated sharp cheddar cheese
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• seasoned croutons

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350 degrees and bake the potatoes until tender.
• 2 cut potatoes in half and scoop out the meat, set aside.
• 3 cut up 2 potato peels into small pieces and discard the rest.
• 4 melt butter in a medium saucepan.
• 5 slowly blend in flour with a wire whisk, until thoroughly blended.
• 6 gradually add milk to the butter/flour mixture, whisking constantly.
• 7 whisk in salt, pepper, onion and garlic powder.
• 8 simmer on low, stirring constantly until liquid bubbles.
• 9 when the milk mixture is very hot, whisk in potato.
• 10 add the potato peels and some of the onion.
• 11 reserve the rest of the onion to top off the soup when serving.
• 12 whisk well, add sour cream and bacon.
• 13 cook on low about 10 minutes.
• 14 add 3/4 of the cheese, a little at a time until it is melted inches.
• 15 serve with seasoned croutons, fresh onion and cheese on top.