Title: Butera's baked potato soup
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      Yield: 1 Servings
 
    2/3 c  Butter
    2/3 c  Flour
      6 c  Milk
           Salt and pepper to taste
      4 lg Potatoes; baked
      4    Green onions; chopped
      1 c  Sour cream
      1 c  Crisp bacon; crumbled
      5 oz Grated cheddar cheese
 
  Melt butter in saucepan over medium heat. Using a whisk, blend in
  flour until smooth. Gradually add milk, whisking continuously. Whisk
  in salt and pepper and simmer over low heat, stirring constantly.
  
  Cut potatoes in half and scoop out the "meat", set saide. Chop half
  the potato peels and throw away the rest. When milk mixture is very
  hot, whisk in the potato "meat". Stir in green onions and potato
  peels. Whisk well, then add sour cream and bacon. Heat thoroughly.
  Add cheese, a little at a time until all is melted. Garnish with
  chives, grated cheese and bacon crumbles. Makes 8 servings.
  
  >From the Houston Chronicle Cookbook