Wait! Don’t let your piping tip get stuck in the bottom of the piping bag. Here’s what to do instead.
It could be that you’re not a piping bag person. But before you leave this post and move onto the next, I’ll explain why you might be a piping bag person.
First of all, piping bags are not only for making intricately designed desserts. I don’t do that either.
Like we shared in this piping bag hack, you can use piping bags to store creamy avocado or any dressing/aiolis that you want to prep ahead and then drizzle/dot in a neat way.
Often, you don’t even need to use a piping bag with a tip. Just the piping bag itself with the end snipped off will do.
But what about when you do actually need to use a tip? (Like when we make these meringues, for example). Chances are, even if you don’t use a piping bag all year, come Shavuos, you might be using one to make your desserts or that cheesecake just a little prettier than usual.
My pet peeve regarding piping bags is not the actual use of them. They’re very handy and neat. The problem comes when you’re done and that piping tip is stuck inside the bag. Now, the piping bag itself is disposable, but the tip is not. And if I didn’t use a coupler (which I never ever do), I have to get the piping tip out of that sticky bag in order to wash it.
Also, sometimes, there’s a lump of something that didn’t get blended well stuck in your piping tip. That’s a pain too.
This hack solves it all. The trick is to use two piping bags.
Add your filling to the first piping bag. Don’t add the tip! Remember–putting the bag in a jar/container first makes it much easier.
Then, clip off the end.
Add the tip on the outside.
And use a second piping bag to keep it secure.
Let your finger mark the spot where you want to cut and pull the bag up a bit…
and snip!
You only want to cut off a bit, so that the entire tip has space to poke through.
Just like this.
Now you can pipe away. Easily.
Then, do you need to switch tips? Or take it out because something is clogged and you need to dislodge (that’s not an issue with whipped cream as shown here, but it comes up often. Like when we make Cookies n’ Cream meringues and there’s pieces of cookie in the mixture)?
Now it’s super easy! It’s also super easy to take them off to clean.
I wish I knew this years ago!
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