How To Use A Piping Tip Without A Coupler

If youll be switching back and forth between piping tips try using a coupler.

How to use a piping tip without a coupler. You would probably start and finish piping the flowers in one color first. I then show you two different ways to fill your piping bag and then pipe a simple design on a cupcake. Id recommend using at least a 12 inch piping bag.

You can optionally use a tip only without a coupler if the piping tip will stay secure in the piping bag as shown with our Bomboloni or Florentine Doughnuts or Donuts Recipe Tutorial. The first part the base is inserted into the bag before you fill it with icing. If youre planning to use more than one tip on the same bag you can use a coupler to make it easy to swap out piping tips.

Available in standard and large sizes a coupler comes in two parts. Place the metal icing tip over the bag to join with the coupler and twist. These tools allow you to quickly switch between tip styles without having to change bags and refill your icing or pastry dough.

I find this leads to leaking bags. In this video tutorial viewers will learn about decorating bag basics. So this is basically how the technique works.

For large tips including a 1M you can use a large coupler but I find its not needed. This standard plastic coupler allows you to interchange small standard-sized piping tips and works best with piping tips. Step 12 Switch piping tips by removing the coupler ring then remove the piping tip and replace with a different tip.

-Edited to fix typos. They are good to use without a coupler. I first show you how to put a nozzle in a piping bag and fit a nozzle in the piping bag.