How To Use Pastry Bag Without Coupler

In this video I show you how to use a piping bag without a coupler.

How to use pastry bag without coupler. Directions without a Coupler. Icing couplers are basically used for all kinds of piped decorations that use piping tips. Its generally recommended to trim your piping bag so that the first thread of the coupler pops out.

They are used primarily to secure the fit of piping tips to piping bags so that the icing does not leak out when squeezed for piping. Push the coupler down to the end of the bag and snip a small hole so that it can slide about halfway out. If you will be piping different designs and shapes with the same filling try using a coupler.

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. Roll the triangle into a cone so that the point will be where the frosting comes out. Remove any leftover ingredients in the bag rinse the outside of the bag well with hot soapy water turn it inside out and clean the inside well with hot soapy water.

Then fold it into a triangle by bringing one corner to the opposite corner. It also makes changing piping tips easy as the tip is held by the coupler outside the piping bag. 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.

A coupler is a two-part device base and a ring that lets you interchange several decorating tips without changing the pastry bag. I then show you two different ways to fill your piping bag and then pipe a simple design on a cupcake. Click to mark this step as completed.

One of the pieces goes inside the bag before you fill it and the other piece twists on the outside to hold the tip in place. It is easier to grab the end of the coupler than a tip that is snug in the pastry bag. 14pastry bags hold 2 12 cups.