How To Do Piping With A Plastic Bag

For a neat result use one hand to.

How to do piping with a plastic bag. If you are using a couple set insert the inside plastic piece into the bag first. Dont overfill the bag because during piping the bag will become unyielding. You need a gallon-size Ziploc bag duct tape and scissors.

Heat the icing until its still thick but a little softer. A pastry bag or piping bag is an often cone- or triangular-shaped hand-held bag made from different pliable and food safe materials that is used to pipe semi-solid foods by pressing them through a narrow opening at one end fitted with or without a piping tip. This will allow the bag to remain open as you start filling the icing into it.

After filling twist the upper half of the bag to seal so that you can squeeze the desired amount of filling through the tip. Here are just a couple baggie piping dos and donts to get you started. The answer is YES.

So youre gonna wanna take your piping bag. Fill your zip lock bag with frosting. Choose small sturdy plastic zip-lock bags and be sure not to fill them more than half full.

It might be a little awkward to hold it but just make sure theres no air in there. Insert the tip. Push the coupler right into the tip of the bag and smoosh the frosting down behind it to remove the air before snipping the plastic end off the bag.

Fill the tubular bag with the icing. With your free hand using a spoon long spatula an offset or rubber spatula works well fill the bag with frosting or filling a third full when piping small designs. Once you get started hold the top of the bag with your dominant hand and guide the bag with your non-dominant hand.