How To Use Disposable Icing Bags Without Coupler
This video introduces three different types of decorating bags.
How to use disposable icing bags without coupler. It would be awful if we had to make different bags of the same color of icing just to use different tips. The bags are the feather white bag the disposable bag and the parchment bag. To remove the coupler from your bag when you done cut the piping bag 1 inch above the top of the coupler and flip it inside out.
In this video I show you how to use a piping bag without a coupler. 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. Made from durable plastic the coupler is dishwasher safe for easy cleaning.
Put the ring over the tip and twist it on locking the tip in place. Although nozzles work wonders to give complex designs to your cake using a piping bag alone without a nozzle can give it attractive designs as wellYou can cut the tips of your piping bags so that what comes out is in a round shape. The grab the edges and go.
If you dont plan on changing tips you can put the tip directly in the bag but I ALWAYS use a coupler. Many recipes and baking tutorials call for a device called a coupler inside the pastry bag. You can then use this to make your designs using this single shape only.
12-Inch Disposable Decorating Bags 12-Count. Separate the coupler ring and base and drop in the cone shaped base narrow end down into the pastry bag forcing it as far as it will go. If you have only one pastry tip and no coupler improvise using the tools you have.
If you dont have a reusable piping bag you can still use a nozzle with a disposable piping bag. It also makes changing piping tips easy as the tip is held by the coupler outside the piping bag. Once the coupler or piping tip is secure hold it steady in one hand and give the bag a twist.