Christmas Cookie Frosting

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening such as Crisco, *see notes
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon almond extract *nut allergies see notes
• 8 cups powdered sugar about a 2 lb bag
• 1/2 cup heavy cream or whole milk, more or less added to desired consistency
• food coloring if desired, optional

Nutrition

• Calories : 760 calories
• Carbohydrate : 121 grams
• Cholesterol : 25 milligrams
• Fat : 32 grams
• SaturatedFat : 11 grams
• Sodium : 10 milligrams
• Sugar : 118 grams
• TransFat : 3.5 grams