Baked Potato Soup - cooking recipe

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

Preparation

Heat oven to 400 degrees.
Wash potatoes and bake until fork tender.
Let cool.
Melt butter in dutch oven, slowly blend in flour with a wire whisk until throughly 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 into bite-size cubes.
When milk mixture is very hot, add potatoes, green onion, sour cream and bacon.
Mix throughly and heat completely.
Add cheese a little at a time until melted.