Baked Potato Soup

Ingredients

• 4 large baking potatoes
• 2/3 cup butter
• 2/3 cup flour
• 7 1/2 cups milk
• 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

Directions

1. 1

   Heat oven to 350F and bake the potatoes until fork tender, about 1 hour.

2. 2

   (You can bake the potatoes beforehand) Melt butter in a medium saucepan.

3. 3

   Slowly blend in flour with a wire whisk until thoroughly blended.

4. 4

   Cook the roux (flour in butter) until a very pale golden.

5. 5

   Gradually add milk to the roux, garlic and season to taste, whisking constantly.

6. 6

   Cut potatoes in half, scoop out the interior and set aside.

7. 7

   Chop up half the potato peels and discard the remainder.

8. 8

   When milk mixture is very hot, whisk in potato.

9. 9

   Add green onion and potato peels.

10. 10

    Whisk well, add sour cream and crumbled bacon.

11. 11

    Heat thoroughly.

12. 12

    Add cheese a little at a time until all is melted in .

13. 13

    Note: You can set aside a bit of the bacon, green onions and cheese to sprinkle on top for a nice appearance.

14. 14

    Enjoy!