Loaded Baked Potato Soup

Cold weather makes me want soup!

So what did I do, I made some!

Here's what you need:

• 5 lb bag of potatoes
• 1 1/2 sticks of butter
• 8 oz sour cream
• 1 pkg of real bacon pieces or 1 lb of bacon
• chives
• cheddar cheese

optional: potato masher

might need: a little bit of milk

wash the potatoes

Cut up the potatoes into chunks. (slice potato long ways, then down middle of each 1/2, & then crossways about a 1/2 inch wide)

  

Put potatoes in pot

(I know, you could figure that out!)

  

add water to cover

 turn on burner medium high-ish

set timer for 30 minutes

let cook

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Watch your pot or this might happen,

 not that this happened to me.......lol

 take potato piece

out and smoosh it

(checking its done-ness)

 add butter

 

add sour cream

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

add bacon pieces

  

 

                      

add chives

2-3 tablespoons,

I did 2 palm of my handfuls

salt and pepper to taste

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Top with cheddar cheese.........

 

 

Voila, dinner is served!