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Baked Potato Soup

Submitted by: Polly

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


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.

Source: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/recipes/soup/baked-potato-soup.html ***************************************************

Baked Potato Soup


Recipe sent by: Suzanne Zick

9 medium potatoes
2/3 cup flour
11 tablespoons margarine or butter (about 2/3 cup)
6 cups milk
½ tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
½ cup Bacon Bits
4 green onions
10 ounces Cheddar cheese
8 ounces sour cream

Bake potatoes and scoop insides out.  Microwaving is fine.  Break into
bite-size pieces.  Melt butter and add flour slowly stirring constantly. 
This will get pasty.  Allow to cook for about a minute after the flour is
added.  Do not allow to burn.  Add milk gradually and stir constantly.  Cook,
stirring, until the milk is thickened and there are bubbles around the top. 
Stir in potato chunks, salt, pepper, 1/3 cup bacon bits, 2 tablespoons
chopped green onion, and cheddar cheese.  Cook until thoroughly heated.  Stir
in sour cream and re-heat.  Serve with grated cheese, bacon bits and a bit of
green onion sprinkled over top.