American Buttercream Recipe

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups Vegetable shortening at room temperature (use Crisco, or use Sweetex high-ratio shortening for professional results)
• 1 cup Unsalted butter at room temperature (salted butter is ok too)
• 1/4 tsp Almond emulsion (or 1/2 tsp of almond extract)
• 1/2 tbsp Vanilla
• 2.5 lbs Sifted powdered sugar - or about 9 cups (to avoid sifting, use powdered sugar sold in plastic bags)
• 4.5 tbsp Milk (or half and half, or water)
• 1 tsp Salt (do not include if using salted butter)