Baked Potato Soup

This is total comfort food for me. The first time I ever had Baked Potato Soup was in a restaurant in Minneapolis about 15 years ago. As soon as I got home from that trip I tried making it myself!

10-12 baked potatoes
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup margarine
2 litres milk
1/2 tablespoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 cup bacon, fried & chopped
2 medium onions
2 cups cheddar cheese, grated
1 cup sour cream
green onions to garnish

- Bake potatoes in microwave, scoop out insides and break into bite size pieces.
- Melt butter in soup pot, add flour slowly to get pasty.
- Allow to cook for about 1 minute.
- Gradually add milk and stir constantly until bubbles around the top. If your milk is cold this may take a long time.
- Stir in potato chunks, salt, pepper, onion, bacon and cheese.
- Cook thoroughly with out boiling. Stir in sour cream.
- To serve, garnish with cheese and green onion.