Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Works For Me Wednesday-Disposable Icing Bags

Hey everyone! How many uses can we think of for disposable icing bags? I always have a box of these Wilton Disposable Bags in the cabinet. No matter what folks say, they are much sturdier than sandwich bags and just work better. Also, if you have a coupon for one of the craft stores it makes them pretty affordable!
And the best part is just tossing the bag when done... Specialty tips make things fun but all of these ideas simply require snipping the tip off of the bag, I iced these cupcakes with nothing more than the bag.
  • Make pretty deviled eggs, use a big 1M tip pushed down into tip of bag (no coupler needed) and fill bag with the yoke mixture, squeeze into each egg white.
  • Stuff twice baked potatoes, same method as above.
  • Fill cannoli or manicotti, fill half from one end, then the rest from the other end.
  • Fill donuts and pastries with jam or whipped cream (using a pastry tip or poking a hole first with a knife).
  • Make fluffy mousse pretty in serving bowls or to decorate cakes.
  • Snip a very small bit off the tip and use it to decoratively drizzle chocolate or candy melts onto desserts.
  • Make free-formed shapes with melted chocolate or candy melts. Simply pipe onto waxed paper, parchment or silicone sheets and let harden.
  • Pipe meringue cookies onto cookies sheets, you can use a star tip or just cut a bit off the tip of the bag.
  • Stuff strawberries or cherry tomatoes, so much easier than a spoon!
  • Make free-formed spritz cookies, especially handy when you can't get them to stick to the cookie sheet using the press!
  • Make gift packs by filling with orange jelly beans for Easter or homemade hot cocoa mix and marshmallows for Christmas.
  • Easily stuff small peppers-added 6/7/12.
  • And of course... icing cookies and cakes.
Any more ideas?
Have a great day:@)