How To Use Piping Tips With Plastic Bag

Techniques to cut piping bags or plastic bags and pipe using just the bag no piping tips needed.

How to use piping tips with plastic bag. Simply drop your tip into the decorating bag and use scissors or a pen to mark a line about 12 way up the tip. If you have disposable piping bags cutting the tips at different sizes is a great idea. Just snip the end of the bag.

It is easier to grab the end of the coupler than a tip that is snug in the pastry bag. Take off the coupler and piping tip and squeeze as much of the unused pastry bag contents back into its mixing bowl or storage container. Cut off its bottom and then cut it into a rectangle around 2 inches wide.

Once youve done this step you can fill the bag. The second part the ring is used to secure your tip in place. Filling a piping bag without the aid of a cup.

Click to mark this step as completed. For this you need some soda cans scissors and your piping bag. If youre using a tip with no coupler I use this method when Im using a larger tip for frosting cupcakes just push the tip into the bag and trim the piping bag so that about half of the tip sticks out.

If you are using a couple set insert the inside plastic piece into the bag first. If you dont plan on changing tips you can put the tip directly in the bag but I ALWAYS use a coupler. Fill your zip lock bag with frosting.

The answer is YES. The two-piece coupler allows you to switch tips without getting a new bag. Use your scissors to mark where to cut then slide the tip back up a little out of the way.