Crock Pot Baked Potato Soup

Total Time: 5 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 large baking potatoes
• 2/3 cup butter or 2/3 cup margarine
• 2/3 cup flour
• 6 cups milk
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 4 chopped green onions
• 12 slices cooked and crumbled bacon
• 1 1/4 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• 8 ounces light sour cream
• 1 1/2 teaspoons chicken bouillon granules
• additional cooked bacon (optional)

Recipe

• 1 wash potatoes and prick several times with a fork.
• 2 bake in foil in a preheated oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until done.
• 3 let cool.
• 4 cut potatoes.
• 5 melt butter in a heavy sauce pan over low heat.
• 6 add flour, stirring until smooth.
• 7 cook 1 minutes, stirring constantly.
• 8 gradually add milk.
• 9 cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture is bubbly.
• 10 pour into crock pot and then add potato cubes, salt, pepper, green onions, crumbled bacon, cheddar cheese and chicken granules.
• 11 cook on high for 4 hours.
• 12 stir in the sour cream right before serving.
• 13 if soup is to thick, add a little milk at a time until desired thickness is achieved.
• 14 garnish with additional sour cream and crumbled bacon.