The BEST Sugar Cookie Frosting EVER!

This is seriously the BEST frosting I have ever had before! My mom gave me her recipe and I can literally eat this stuff by the spoonful, it's that GOOD! This is the frosting recipe I make when I bake sugar cookies for the holidays. It's light and fluffy and you can add drops of food coloring to make any color you'd like. .

Check out the recipe below!

Ingredients:
3 egg whites
1 cup crisco (yep - good old crisco)
6 drop of butter extract
6 drops of clear vanilla extract (I use clear so the frosting will be pure white)
2 lbs powdered sugar
water

Below are steps to make the frosting:

Start with beating the egg whites until they are all foamy.

Next, add in your crisco.

Then, add your extracts.
 
The next step is to add your powdered sugar. You are going to start by adding half a 1lb bag at a time and mix mix mix.

 
Slowly, keep adding powdered sugar until you've used all 2lbs of it (add powdered sugar, then mix, then add more, then mix until you've used it all).

The frosting at this point will be pretty thick. This is where the water comes in.

There isn't an exact science to this. You will add 1 Tablespoon of water at a time. Add the water and then mix the frosting. Beat the frosting until fluffy & smooth ( I usually end up adding a few tablespoons of water until I reach my desired consistency).

Then, if you are keeping all your frosting white, you can frost your cookies and add your sprinkles!

If you are adding food coloring, separate frostings into bowls and add drops of your coloring at this time and then decorate away!

I hope you love this recipe as much as I do!!

xoxo,
Brenda