I want to practice piping flowers and such. Whats a good, cheap recipe for frosting? It'll be thrown away so it doesn't matter what it tastes like, I just need good texture!

Ok, this might sound kinda gross but I get the discount meat based "Crisco" (nasty) and use that with a cheap bag of powdered sugar. The meat one is usually cheaper (at Grocery Outlet) and the bag of PS is only a buck.