Baked Potato Soup



INGREDIENTS:

4 lg Potatoes

2/3 c  butter 

2/3 c  Flour

1 1/2 qt milk

salt and Pepper

4 Green onions

1 c  Sour cream

2 c  Crisp-cooked bacon crumbled

5 oz Grated cheddar cheese

DIRECTIONS:

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees and bake the potatoes until for
tender. Melt butter in a medium saucepan.  Slowly blend in
flour with a wire whisk until thoroughly blended.  Gradually
add milk to the butter-flour mixture, whisking constantly.
Whisk in salt and pepper and simmer over low heat, stirring
constantly. Cut potatoes in half, scoop out the meat and set
aside.  Chop half the potato peels and discard the remainder.
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 it is all melted in. Serve with crusty French
Bread and fresh butter.



Baked Potato Soup