Potato Soup

Here is the potato soup recipe that many of you requested. Denae didn't use a recipe for her chili, but let's make sure those other soup recipes get posted!!

4 large baking potatoes
2/3 cup butter or margarine
2/3 cup flour
6 cups milk (at least 2%)
3/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
4 green onions, chopped
12 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
1 1/4 cups (5 oz) shredded cheddar cheese
8 oz sour cream
1 heaping TBS chicken base

Wash potatoes and prick several times with a fork. Bake 1 hour at 400. Let cool. Cut potatoes into half inch cubes, leaving skin on potatoes. Melt butter in heavy saucepan over low heat. Add flour, stirring until smooth. Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Gradually add milk. Cook over medium high heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is thick and bubbly. Add potato cubes, salt, pepper, green onions, crumbled bacon, cheddar cheese and chicken base. Cook until thoroughly heated. Stir in sour cream. Add extra milk if necessary, for desired thickness.