Comfort Baked Potato Soup

Submitted by knightgoddess

"The perfect hot soup to keep you warm in the winter!!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 30mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 4 large potatoes
• 2⁄3 cup butter
• 2⁄3 cup flour
• 1 1⁄2 quarts milk
• 4 green onions
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 cups crisp cooked bacon, crumbled
• 5 ounces grated cheddar cheese
• salt and pepper, to taste

directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees and bake potatoes for approximately 1 1/2 hours, or until tender.
2. Melt butter in a medium saucepan.
3. Slowly blend in flour with a wire whisk until well blended.
4. Gradually add milk to the butter-flour mixture, whisking constantly.
5. Whisk in salt and pepper and simmer over low heat, stirring constantly.
6. Cut potatoes in half, scoop out the "meat" and set aside.
7. Chop half the potato peels and discard the remainder.
8. When milk mixture is VERY hot, whisk in potato.
9. Add green onion and potato peels.
10. Whisk well, add sour cream and crumbled bacon.
11. Heat through.
12. Add cheese a little at a time until it is all melted inches.
13. Serve!