Decorator Frosting - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. solid vegetable shortening
1/2 c. butter or margarine, softened
1 lb. confectioners sugar
2 Tbsp. milk or water
1 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Cream shortening and butter.
Add sugar, milk and vanilla. Beat until smooth and creamy in texture, adding more milk a drop at a time if necessary.
Store in refrigerator up to 2 weeks, beating again before using.
Makes 3 cups of stiff icing for decorating.
Add 2 teaspoons of milk per cup of icing to thin it for icing cakes.
You can use stiff icing to make flowers, medium stiff icing to make borders, and thin icing to make writing and leaves.