Basic Chocolate Butter-Cream Frosting

Ingredients

1/4 cup melted Crisco (or butter or margarine)
1/2 cup cocoa
1/4 tsp, salt
1/3 cup milk
1^1/2 tsp. vanilla
3^1/2 ups powdered sugar (sift if lumpy)

Instructions

Combine melted Crisco, cocoa & salt.
Add milk & vanilla.
Mix in sugar in parts and mix until creamy.
Add more sugar to thicken or milk to thin for a good spreading consistency.