Baked Potato Soup

It was the perfect day for this ~ cold (by Florida standards) and rainy, a lazy Sunday afternoon.
I tweaked this one a bit from the original, so if you want to be a puritan on the nutritional information, check the link's recipe. It should even out pretty well though ~ I used skim milk instead of 2%, fat free sour cream instead of reduced fat, and a cup of regular extra sharp white cheddar rather than reduced fat cheddar, but then I didn't sprinkle any extra on the bowled servings.
Surprisingly rich and filling for a Cooking Light version of a standard favorite!
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Yield: 8 servings (serving size: about 1 1/2 cups soup and about 1 tablespoon bacon)
Ingredients
* 4 baking potatoes (about 2 1/2 pounds)
* 2/3 cup all-purpose flour (about 3 ounces)
* 6 cups skim milk
* 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded extrasharp white cheddar cheese
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
* 1 cup fat free sour cream
* 1/2 cup chopped onion
* 3 large garlic cloves, minced
* 1 tablespoon butter
* 8 tablespoons Real Bacon Bits (or 6 bacon slices, cooked and crumbled)
Preparation
Preheat oven to 400°.
Pierce potatoes with a fork; bake at 400° for 2 hours until very tender. Cool.
Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Place flour in a large Dutch oven; gradually add milk, stirring with a whisk until blended. Cook over medium heat until thick and bubbly (about 20 minutes).
Melt butter in a small frying pan over medium heat. Add onion and garlic, saute until tender (about 5 minutes). Stir butter, onion, and garlic into milk and flour mixture.
Cut potatoes in half and scoop flesh into the milk and flour mixture. Mashed potatoes to desired chunk size, then add cheese, salt, and pepper, stirring until cheese melts. Remove from heat.
Stir in sour cream. Cook over low heat 5 minutes or until thoroughly heated (do not boil). Ladle 1 1/2 cups soup into each bowl. Sprinkle each serving with about 1 tablespoon bacon bits.
Nutritional Information
Calories: 329 (30% from fat)
Fat: 10.8g (sat 5.9g,mono 3.5g,poly 0.7g)
Protein: 13.6g
Carbohydrate: 44.5g
Fiber: 2.8g
Cholesterol: 38mg
Iron: 1.1mg
Sodium: 587mg
Calcium: 407mg