How To Use Piping Bag Coupler

But if you want to make different designs using the same shade of icing a coupler can save you the trouble of filling and working with multiple bags.

How to use piping bag coupler. Put the ring over the tip and twist it on locking the tip in place. It is easier to grab the end of the coupler than a tip that is snug in the pastry bag. It also makes changing piping tips easy as the tip is held by the coupler outside the piping bag.

Here is some more videos to help with getting started. Stability the coupler adds a little more structure to the piping bag which gives you more control when decorating. You can optionally use a tip only without a coupler if the piping tip will stay secure in the piping bag as shown with our Bomboloni or Florentine Doughnuts or Donuts Recipe Tutorial.

First you need to know that there are several parts to a piping bag. Step 5 Hold the piping bag with tip down and open with both hands to fold it open. Click to mark this step as completed.

Click to mark this step as completed. If youve never used a coupler before its a great little tool that allows you to switch icing tips without using a new piping bag. Place the coupler over the piping tip to hold the piping tip in place.

It lets you switch the tips attached to the bag without having to emptying its contents first. Assemble the coupler by placing the piping tip on the plastic end of the piping bag. How to use a piping bag without a coupler.

How to use a piping bag with a coupler. 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. Once you cut the bag the decorating coupler can be placed inside the bag and pushed into the hole you cut which will make it possible to add and change decorating tips easily.