Baked Potato Soup

Description: This is fantastic on cool days. Only gets better with each day. I usually make it a day or two before I really want it.

Ingredients:

• 6 baking potatoes
• 2/3 cup butter
• 2/3 cup flour
• 1 1/2 quarts milk
• salt and pepper
• 6 green onions
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 cups crisp cooked bacon, crumbled
• 2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded

Steps:

1. Heat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Wash potatoes and bake until fork tender.
3. Let cool.
4. Melt butter in dutch oven, slowly blend in flour with a wire whisk until throughly blended.
5. Gradually add milk to the butter-flour mixture, whisking constantly.
6. Whisk in salt and pepper and simmer over low heat, stirring constantly.
7. Cut potatoes into bite-size cubes.
8. When milk mixture is very hot, add potatoes, green onion, sour cream and bacon.
9. Mix throughly and heat completely.
10. Add cheese a little at a time until melted.