Okay, when it looks like this outside your house:

….and that’s ice, by the way - not snow.

Then you need some of this to warm you up. My “famous” baked potato soup and a warm buttery Texas roll. Yummmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!

This recipe is not for the faint of heart, or those fussy about calories, fat or any of that nonsense. There’s always spring to worry about working off this bowl of soup. That said, I don’t make it often for that very reason. I make a couple variations of this recipe, but today’s version went something like this.

Traci’s Baked Potato Soup

6 large potatoes, baked, cooled, then peeled and cut into chunks

1 1/2 sticks butter or margarine

2/3 cup flour

3 cups 1/2 & 1/2

3 cups milk

2 pounds bulk sausage

3 cups shredded co-jack cheese

8 ounces sour cream

salt & pepper

First, bake your potatoes, then allow them to cool awhile so you can then handle them to peel and cut them up. I personally bake mine in the microwave, but use the oven, or grill, if you wish. I often bake my potatoes earlier in the day and put them in the fridge to cool, then when I’m ready to fix the soup, I then finish preparing the recipe.

Cook the sausage in a large dutch oven until well browned. Drain and set aside. In hot dutch oven, melt butter or margarine, then add flour and stir until smooth, then whisk in milk and continue stirring on med-low heat until bubbly and the mixture begins to thicken. Then add in potatoes, sausage, shredded cheese, salt and pepper to taste. Heat through on low-medium heat. Once heated, stir in sour cream and serve with salad and hot Texas rolls (these are found in the freezer section in the frozen bread isle - just take out however many rolls you want about 4 hours head of time, let rise, then bake at 350 for about 20 minutes).

Written by Traci Knoppe ©: Aside from her roles as wife, mother of six, mother-in-law and grandmother, Traci is a Christian parenting instructor, Sunday school teacher, and business owner.

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