Baked Potato Soup

This is a rich, but great potato soup.

Ingredients:

• 4 large potatoes
• 2/3 cup butter
• 2/3 cup flour
• 1 1/2 quarts of milk
• Salt and Pepper
• 4 green onions
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 cups crisp-cooked, crumbled bacon
• 5 ounces of grated cheddar cheese

Method:

• 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.