Categories: Spreads 
      Yield: 12 servings 
  
      1 c  Crisco 3/4 to 1 1/2 c OK            1 pn Salt 
    3/4 ts CLEAR Vanilla                     1/2 c  *Milk or Water 
    1/4 ts CLEAR Almond                        2 lb Confectioners' Sugar 
    1/4 ts CLEAR Butter                      1/3 c  *Cream Whip Icing Base 
  
  *By Henry & Henry. Only available in Wholesale Bakery Supply in 5 gal pail. 
  You might try substituting regular marshmallow creme. Does not contain 
  gum------only difference. But one reason I use this is to make my 
  buttercream roses crust harder. I can handle them better. We sell this in 
  smaller quantities in our cake supply shop. Other reasons to use it: Makes 
  icing softer & more "whipped creamy" tasting. ~Takes out a little of the 
  sweet taste too. Add in order given: Crisco and flavors in a heavy duty 
  mixer on low speed. Add milk or water and confectioners' sugar. Mix on 
  medium speed until light and fluffy. Keep icing covered at all times. This 
  recipe will cover one cake mix and do decorations. Keeps unrefrigerated for 
  2 weeks in reasonably cool room. Keeps indefinately in fridge...Yes, made 
  using milk too! Milk/Water- makes no difference in taste. But  
  roses made using milk, don't fade to blue. ***Hand-held mixer: Don't add 
  all the p.sugar so you won't burn up the mixer. When icing is nice & 
  fluffy, THEN add the rest of the p.sugar...or enough to get it to 
  spreadable consistency. If mixer gets hot , turn it off for 
  20 minutes to cool it down or its ruined! Chocolate Icing: Add Hershey's 
  Cocoa  until the buttercream icing becomes the nice rich chocolate 
  color you want. If you want strong chocolate taste, you must add more 
  cocoa. Butter: Of course icing made with butter tastes better. But it melts 
  just setting out, so think what it does in the bag in your warm hands! Of 
  course, you can substitute butter for Crisco  or sub. half 
  the Crisco, making it half Crisco & half butter. When butter icing is 
  requested, I do it & just caution my customers that the decorations won't 
  be as perfect. Usually they don't mind. Dolores McCann, Hamilton, OH...ICES 
  representative for OH 
   
  Dolores McCann, Prodigy Food & Wine Board