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Simple Vegan Icing

By: dreaming*vegan 
"This nice icing keeps its shape. It's great for piping on cut-out cookies, yet stiff enough for making flowers. It may be too sugary to mound up on cupcakes, unless of course you have a strong sweet tooth! I like using pure bourbon vanilla extract in this."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 1.8 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (5)

Prep Time:
10 Min
Ready In:
10 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 12 servings
 

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
  • 4 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 5 tablespoons soy milk
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

  1. Beat the shortening and confectioners' sugar together until the shortening has been incorporated, and the mixture is clumpy. Pour in the soy milk and vanilla extract; beat until smooth.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 242 | Total Fat: 8.7g | Cholesterol: 0mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 1.8 star rating.
Reviewed on Feb. 18, 2009 by doodlepuff7729   view full review
It was too thick,too sugary,and wasn't very creamy. I choose this recipe because I am lactose...
The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 1.8 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 21, 2009 by The Weaver   view full review
Just bad. I ended up throwing a majority of it away then adding flour and soy milk to it....
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 1.8 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 23, 2012 by My Daisy Catering Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)  view full review
I doubled this recipe, used 6.5 cups of powdered sugar, subbed almond milk for the soy & added...
The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 1.8 star rating.
Reviewed on Jun. 21, 2011 by evangelina   view full review
oh my god! so gross, i refuse to rate it!
The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 1.8 star rating.
Reviewed on Feb. 14, 2012 by MissCookInventor   view full review
When I changed 12 to 4 servings, it was good and easy to decorate with and on the thicker side...

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