How To Use Disposable Icing Bags Without Coupler

With either a disposable or a canvas bag youll want to cut the bag as little as possible to ensure a snug fit.

How to use disposable icing bags without coupler. Push the coupler base up into the bag so that you can cut an opening at the mark. The cut that you make in your piping bag should be wide. In this video I show you how to use a piping bag without a coupler.

Drop the base of the coupler to the end of the decorating bag. I then show you two different ways to fill your piping bag and then pipe a simple design on a cupcake. How do you choose the size of a piping bag.

Made from durable plastic the coupler is dishwasher safe for easy cleaning. Push the coupler down to the end of the bag and snip a small hole so that it can slide about halfway out. When using a reusable or disposable bag you snip off the very tip.

These are used to seal the top of the pastry bag so icing does not come out of the end. Use a pair of scissors to mark a spot on the bag about inch before the first thread on the narrow end of the coupler. For large tips including a 1M you can use a large coupler but I find its not needed.

Cut the bag just past the end of the coupler. The grab the edges and go. It is easier to grab the end of the coupler than a tip that is snug in the pastry bag.

Typically I use a PME 25 tip to outline and a PME 15 or 2 to add details. The thinner plastic on disposable bags means they are easier to work with. 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.