Baked Potato Soup
Instructions:
- 4 large potatoes
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup flour
- 1½ quarts milk
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- 4 green onions, chopped
- 1 cup sour cream
- 2 cups crisply cooked bacon, crumbled
- 4 ounces cheddar cheese, grated
- 2 teaspoon chives, chopped
- Reserve a little of the crumbled bacon, cheese, and chives for garnish.
- Bake potatoes until fork tender. Cut potatoes in half, scoop out meat, and set aside.
- Chop half of the potato peels and discard remainder.
- Melt butter in saucepan. Slowly blend flour in butter, then gradually add milk to the butter-flour mixture stirring constantly. A
- dd salt and pepper and simmer over low heat, stirring.
- Add potatoes, green onions, and potato peels, then sour cream and crumbled bacon.
- Heat thoroughly. Add cheese a little at a time until all is melted in. Garnish with chives, grated cheese, and bacon crumbles.
- Serves eight