How To Use Disposable Icing Bags Without Coupler

So you might say that a decorating coupler is a must have tool for most of us.

How to use disposable icing bags without coupler. When we use them to decorate cakes cupcakes and cookies it allows us to easily change our piping tips without having to change decorating bags. Typically I use a PME 25 tip to outline and a PME 15 or 2 to add details. One of the pieces goes inside the bag before you fill it and the other.

There are 12-21 piping bag sizes. If you dont plan on changing tips you can put the tip directly in the bag but I ALWAYS use a coupler. Simply cut the pastry bag right along the coupler to remove.

Also running it under hot water will help to loosen it up. If you dont have a nozzle or a piping bag you can still cut a regular zippered plastic bag to achieve swirly icing. This video introduces three different types of decorating bags.

For large tips including a 1M you can use a large coupler but I find its not needed. Click to mark this step as completed. A pastry bag or piping bag is an often cone- or triangular-shaped hand-held bag made from different pliable and food safe materials that is used to pipe semi-solid foods by pressing them through a narrow opening at one end fitted with or without a piping tip.

These are used to seal the top of the pastry bag so icing does not come out of the end. Select your piping bag based on how large your recipe is. I always turn about the upper forth of the bag out to make a cuff then spoon the icing in.

You want to make sure you snip just a small amount so your coupler or tips dont come out you can always cut more off but it doesnt take much so start slow. The thinner plastic on disposable bags means they are easier to work with. Click to mark this step as completed.