How To Use Pastry Bag Without Coupler

How to Trim A Pastry Bag.

How to use pastry bag without coupler. Continue to 2 of 9 below. Sometimes a pastry bag will need to be trimmed to fit couplers or large pastry tubes. Grab your pastry bag kitchen shears tall drinking glass piping tips if you are piping small spoon and filling.

To figure out how much to cut off the end place the decorating tip in the bag and mark 13 from the tip of the bag. Now place your decorating tip back in the bag. With an array of sizes available you can be sure to find a coupler that fits the bag and tip you need to use.

Or you would have to start another pastry bag and have three or four with different tips going at the same time. Cleanup cleanup is easier with a coupler when using disposable pastry bags. Its generally recommended to trim your piping bag so that the first thread of the coupler pops out.

It lets you switch the tips attached to the bag without having to emptying its contents first. Roll the triangle into a cone so that the point will be where the frosting comes out. Place a decorating tip over the part of the base extending from the bag.

18pastry bags hold 6 cups. How to use a coupler with a pastry bag. If you will be piping different designs and shapes with the same filling try using a coupler.

A coupler is a two-part device base and a ring that lets you interchange several decorating tips without changing the pastry bag. When using a pastry bag for the first time you will have to cut a hole at the narrow end for the coupler base to fit through. And then twist the bag closed and tie it with a rubber band to make sure the filling does not come out of the wrong end of the bag.