Sandy's Famous loaded potato soup

Ingredients:

• 8- Large baking potatoes
• 1 large tub of sour cream
• 1 pkg- bacon (NOT BACON BITS)
• 2 pkg- Hidden Valley Ranch dressing mix
• 2 sticks of butter
• 3 bundles of green onions (chopped) reserve 1 cup for topping
• 1 cup of milk
• 1 pkg- shredded cheddar cheese
• Salt & pepper to taste

Instructions:

1. Boil potatoes with the skin on till done. Once cooled, peel the skin off of the potatoes and break up with a wooden spoon. 2. Add both sticks of butter, dressing mix & chopped green onions to potatoes. (Set to the side) 3. Fry the entire package of bacon until crisp and drain. (Cooks very well in oven, but cover loosely with aluminum foil so it will not pop and spark a fire in your oven.) Then crumble and set aside 4. To the potatoes add: sour cream, bacon and milk (sparingly- you might not need all of the milk. Just enough to make it creamy but not milky) 5. Add salt & pepper to taste. 6. In each bowl garnish with shredded cheddar cheese and remaining chopped green onions