How To Make A Plastic Icing Bag
Use your hands to work the icing down towards the bottom where the tip is.
How to make a plastic icing bag. FILLING A PIPING BAG. Keep holding the bag and drop the edges of the bag around the glasss rim. When it is just about all the way down but not coming out the end close the open end and twist the bag multiple times.
Dont overfill your piping bag and squeeze from the top as you ice otherwise icing will ooze out the top. Take one side of the plastic wrap and fold it over to the next side matching up. Fold the plastic wrap over the icing.
Once you have filled it use a thread or rubber band to secure it tightly. They are made from cloth plastic or paper. But whats a gal to do when she doesnt have even disposable piping bags.
All you need is a zip lock bag to frost your way into pastry bliss. No piping bag. Put the bag inside a tall cup and fold the edges over the cup.
After you have your icing in the bag go ahead and take it out of the glass. Spoon in the icing. Fill the bag with icing fold over the top and its ready to use.
Fill you bag with buttercream buttercream recipes here and twist the top of the bag closed so that when you squeeze the icing it does not come out of the top of the bag. Plop a spatula-full or two of icing onto the plastic wrap. This will allow the bag to remain open as you start filling the icing into it.