How To Use Pastry Bag Without Coupler

Otherwise if you just slip the metal pastry tip into the bag without a coupler youd have to completely empty the bag to change tips.

How to use pastry bag without coupler. Add the end piece of the coupler on top of the tip to security in place. Its doable but its not a good use of time or cost-effective with the number of supplies youd go through. I then show you two different ways to fill your piping bag and then pipe a simple design on a cupcake.

It also makes changing piping tips easy as the tip is held by the coupler outside the piping bag. One plastic piece gets inserted into the bag and then the outside ring holding the pastry tip itself gets screwed in from the outside. 02 of 09.

If your bag is not that full you can pull up the open end of the pastry bag then place the tip on the end of the piping bag. Click to mark this step as completed. Continue to 2 of 9 below.

They are used primarily to secure the fit of piping tips to piping bags so that the icing does not leak out when squeezed for piping. You will need the following. You can also use tips in most bags without a coupler if its pushed down securely into the open tip to fit.

How to use a coupler with a pastry bag. Push the coupler down to the end of the bag and snip a small hole so that it can slide about halfway out. The two-piece coupler allows you to switch tips without getting a new bag.

14pastry bags hold 2 12 cups. First place the coupler base into the bag and push it into the tip as far as it will go. If you will be piping different designs and shapes with the same filling try using a coupler.