How To Put A Piping Tip On A Plastic Bag

Zippered Plastic Bag Method Wrap a piece of sticky tape around one corner of a zippered plastic bag.

How to put a piping tip on a plastic bag. When youve finished piping simply uncouple the tip and then shake out the plastic wrap and any remaining icing. In order to gauge how much of the plastic bag tip to snip off insert the bottom half of the coupler into the empty pastry bag and snip off the top. The yellow line indicates where to cut the piping bag.

If youre not using a tip at all thats pretty easy. The second part the ring is used to secure your tip in place. You need a gallon-size Ziploc bag duct tape and scissors.

The smaller female piece will used later. Screw the ring on to hold the tip in place. Snip off the excess plastic wrap that is hanging out the end of the coupler.

This will allow the bag to remain open as you start filling the icing into it. Use your scissors to mark where to cut then slide the tip back up a little out of the way. 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.

Cut the tip of the bag. Grab the coupler piece and separate it into two pieces. Depending on purpose and consistency of the filling choose the adequate tip and insert it into the top part of the coupler.

Twist on the small part of the coupler to secure. Using scissors trim off the tip of the pastry bag along the line you marked. April Preisler for Taste of Home.