Buttercream Icing III

Description
This recipe comes from a cake decorating class I took a while back. If you have trouble finding some of the ingredients, try the baking aisle of an arts-and-crafts store, such as Hobby Lobby.

Ingredients

 * 2 cups Crisco
 * 8 cups sifted powdered sugar
 * 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
 * 1 tablespoon meringue powder
 * ½ teaspoon salt
 * ½ cup of liquid:
 * 1 teaspoon clear vanilla
 * ½ teaspoon clear butter flavor
 * ½ teaspoon almond extract
 * rest of ½ cup: water

Directions

 * 1) In large mixing bowl, add Crisco, sifted powdered sugar, flour, meringue powder, and salt.
 * 2) In measuring cup, add clear vanilla, butter flavor, and almond extract.
 * 3) Fill up with water to ½ cup line.
 * 4) Be sure to only use ½ cup of liquid total, or the icing will become too soft to work with if more is added.
 * 5) Add liquid mixture to ingredients in bowl.
 * 6) Mix on medium speed until icing is completely mixed and smoothed.