How To Put Decorating Tip On Pastry Bag Without Coupler

Its doable but its not a good use of time or cost-effective with the number of supplies youd go through.

How to put decorating tip on pastry bag without coupler. However the are reusable piping bags often referred to as featherweight decorating bags or pastry bags which are made from polyester. The basic components tips and couplers can be had at many specialty shops. Remove the decorating tip and cut off the end of the bag.

In this video I show you how to use a piping bag without a coupler. To hold a pastry bag properly grip the bag with your dominant hand a few inches behind the coupler firmly. 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.

Heres how to fill it. I then show you two different ways to fill your piping bag and then pipe a simple design on a cupcake. For large tips including a 1M you can use a large.

Now place your decorating tip back in the bag. Rose tips 101 102 104 124 and 127. I first show you how to put a nozzle in a piping bag and fit a nozzle in the piping bag.

Then with your non-dominant hand hold the bag up. 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. It would be awful if we had to make different bags of the same color of icing just to use different tips.

Try a tip coupler. Its generally recommended to trim your piping bag so that the first thread of the coupler. If your pastry bag does not have a hole at the tip already youll have to cut one.