Baked Potato Soup, Patti Dean

Ingredients

4 lg baking potatoes

⅔ cup butter

⅔ cup all purpose flour

6 c milk

¾ tsp salt

½ tsp pepper

4 green onions - chopped

12 slices cooked bacon - crumbled

1¼ cups shredded cheese

1 8 oz sour cream

Directions

Wash potatoes and prick several times with fork; bake at 400º for 1 hr or until done. Let cool. Cut potatoes in half lengthwise; scoop out pulp and set aside.

Discard skins.

Melt butter in heavy saucepan over low hear; add flour stirring until smooth.

Cook 1 min stirring constantly. Gradually add milk cook over med hear, stirring constantly until mixture is thick and bubbly. Add potato pulp, salt, pepper, 2 tbsp green onion, 1/2 c bacon and 1 c cheese.

Cook until thoroughly heated and stir in sour cream.

Add extra milk if necessary for desired consistency.

Serve with remaining green onions, bacon and cheese