How To Use Piping Bag Tips

Be careful not to cut too much of the bag away.

How to use piping bag tips. Squeeze the piping bag and pull up in a quick burst releasing the pressure. A coupler is a piece of plastic that fits inside the pastry bag where the tip would be but it attaches to tips. Using a large piping tip like a Wilton 1M refer to above section about different kinds of piping bags and tips fill your piping bag.

Slip the tip into the bag and place it snugly in the bottom of the bag. Fold-down sides of decorating bag over a glass to easily fill it with icing. If your tip becomes blocked use a toothpick to loosen the lump then squeeze carefully to remove the block.

If youre new to decorating with a bag and tip try using a tip set. You can use icing tips with no couplers just push the tip inside the bag and cut the end off allowing just the end of the tip to stick out. If desired secure with a Bag Tie or a rubber band to prevent the icing from oozing upward.

Place the piping bag inside a large tumbler and fold the top of the piping bag over the edge of the glass. Start by cutting the tip of your piping bag. Make sure you gently stop squeezing the bag as you pull away the piping tip.

Hold your piping bag straight up and down with the tip pointed downward. Take your Ziploc plastic bag and tape the corner tip of the side you are going to use. Insert the tip.

You can then use this to make your designs using this single shape only. 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. Begin piping in the center with one flower.