How to Make and Handle Parchment Cones

Ready to express your inner cookie artist? Well then, you're in the right place! Welcome to Lesson 4 of "Julia M. Usher's Ultimate Cookie Decorating Series"!
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I do 99.9-percent of my decorating with the humble, but ever-so-effective parchment pastry cone. In this video, you'll learn why I prefer cones to pastry bags and squeeze bottles. I'll also show you my sure-fire methods for making and handling them. The best thing about them: greater piping control with no clean up!
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May i use butter paper

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[@sheryllovestobake9898]

Julia M Usher ty miss Julia for the explaination regarding wax paper

[@SThompsonRAMM_1203]

Julia, I love your videos. Every year I have a Christmas cookie decorating party and this year I have started a Halloween cookie party. I had a practice run over this weekend and I really could’ve used many of your techniques that I’ve seen in your videos already. I cannot wait to try some of your techniques next week and will definitely be purchasing your book or books!

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[@laurenmcintire2045]

By far the most formal and professional KZbin channel out there for bakers! Thanks so much!

[@Annileeze]

My goodness! What a thorough and professional presentation. Your skills and knowledge are vast! Thank you for sharing. Excellent job!

[@ceceg2901]

I'm going to attempt to make this for my Mom's Birthday coming up Aug. 28, 2014 she would have turned 78....My sister's and I get together to celebrate Her Life every year on her Birthday. Thank you Julia for sharing your gift with us!!!!

[@o0Avalon0o]

You're videos are so professional, I feel like I'm getting the whole experience! Thank you for lending us your expertise.

[@taniadelling4974]

Thank you, Julia, I appreciate your teaching technique and calm manner. I see many things I have been doing wrong and I'm positive your tutorials will help.

[@ashwagelfatih5238]

I totally agree with you , thanks for sharing your lovely DIY cons

[@debkauz]

So glad to see you using parchment and making the bags. I'm insane about recycling and this is SO much better than disposable plastic bags. THANK YOU!!!

[@misterbobbycakes]

Been watching your tutorials for years now and always refer back to them depending on the particular order I get. Thanks so much for your clear step by step guidance on all sorts of subjects. You are a truly a great teacher!😁

[@Savannah1297]

I decorated cookies for the first time a few days before Christmas, and I could only have a couple different colors of icing prepared at a time because I did not have enough metal tips. Using these cones would have made things a lot easier! I love how thorough this video was and how you went nice and slow. It makes it a lot easier to follow along. Can't wait to watch more of your tutorials!

[@bhavna76rasaily]

The icing bag video I've been looking for , forever ! Thanks ❤️

[@JuliaMUsher]

Great, so glad to hear this!

[@denisezdansky9877]

I just ran across your channel a week ago and absolutely love it. I’m a retired pastry chef, due to injury. You have I sired me

[@denisezdansky9877]

Inspired me to start making cookies again!,,,

[@JuliaMUsher]

Thanks so much, Denise! So glad we found each other!

[@wat1910]

I was a little nervous using these my first time, but by stapling the 3 ends together, the cone was stable and I experienced piping success. Thanks for showing us how to construct parchment cones, which are a money-saver and time-saver. Love your videos, tips, designs, and teaching style.

[@kaitlynthompson470]

You are an amazing teacher! My mother-in-law and I love to watch your videos. Thanks for the lessons!

[@sologory]

I've been watching your videos for an hour now and I learnt a lot..I'll apply the steps and techniques to make some gorgeous coockies. Thank you so much.

[@anneamaro1497]

I just found you, but I don't want to miss another thing! Even though I will probably not get near as fancy as you, ( I mostly bake for my great grandchildren) I've learned so much already. You make things so easy to understand that if I want to try it , I can. Thanks for sharing your special gift and your genuine passion for doing it!

[@mfr336]

I've never made Christmas cookies, or frosted anything but a cake. I've wanted to do this with my kids for years, but honestly have been too intimidated. I'm so happy I found your channel! You're such a good teacher, and your camera person does a great job. Thank you so much!

[@JuliaMUsher]

Thank you for the very sweet words!

[@saryaguirre6484]

I've been looking for this DIY for a long time. Never found one who explained it as good as you. Thank you very much!!

[@stacym4272]

Its been awhile since wilton, and how to fold parchment bags....THANK YOU! this was very well explained, and soooo appreciated. You're one in a million. I love your style

[@xgirlgamerx5778]

I am making a cake for my art homework and I haven't got a piping bag looked it up and there we go you made it in minutes AMAZING THANK YOU!❤️🎀

[@lesleywalker7718]

This is the best video on making your own bags that I have ever watched. I now feel much more confident about icing. Thank you

[@viviangray3312]

So happy I found you - so easy to follow your instructions. You are a very good teacher. Thank you

[@gloriarosenbaum3285]

Omg! Your necklace it is absolutely gorgeous! I am in advanced Bead embroidery artist and work with turquoise, lapis, Swarovski crystal. I have fallen in love with making cookies! Putting the two together is a dream come true!

[@addisramirez3394]

Me encanta. Simplemente fantástico.

[@HascoNYC]

You are a very eloquent speaker. Thank you for these videos, and for taking the time to explain your techniques in detail. I have inherited my family's original Czech baking recipes that have been passed through multiple generations. As a baking newbie, I really appreciate these tips!

[@roxyie1122]

Thank you for this video. I wanted you to know that I shared it with some timid beginner decorators and it helped them immensely!

[@msfarrah2451]

Her: "until then, live sweetly!" Me: "okay, mom. 😊 love u."

[@avae27]

yeah, i love this woman lol

[@dallas_red904]

I was so thrilled to see this video since yesterday I was pricing parchment cones and yes, never before done anything like this so all going to be an old ladies play time. You have wonderful and professional channel here and I am so enjoying everything I have seen so far. TY for such wonderful information and answering questions even before I can think of them.

[@j.h.9191]

These videos are so informative and helpful when learning basics. Thank you so much for doing this so others can learn.

[@candacebirger7797]

Love all of your videos - everything I type to search brings up one of your videos, and you truly are genius. Thanks for posting and teaching!

[@scdolan5]

Julia, what a marvel you are! Just the tutorials I needed! Thanks!

[@georgiecandles4592]

I was taught to bake by my grandmother and she always made her own icing bags from what we call grease proof paper here in the UK. It saves money, adds flexibility and you never have to worry about running out of bags! TY for sharing this, I was very young when I learnt how to do this so a refresher is very welcome :)

[@o0OCheyO0o]

perfect! This will save me a lot of time and money, saw this video just in time, almost orderd a load of dispenceble piping bags and all of the same tips and attachedments.

[@danashawareb6498]

Thank you Julia, these tips and tutorials are amazing. You explain everything clearly and make it sound easy and fast, which is exactly what I need! Plastic bags and metal tips drove me crazy last time I decorated my cookies. I'm definitely using your method next time I'm decorating!

[@artisticthoughtsbyelena]

Oh you are so precious. I am just learning how to decorate. I have my perfect cookie recipe, but I have been so frustrated with those bags, etc. The tips. You are right, they are so messy. This is a blessing. I must try. Thank you for sharing your insight. Knowledge, etc. God bless you for that. You do beautiful work.

[@stephaniem6646]

Goodness I'm SO glad I found your channel! You explain things better than anyone I've watched thus far! Thanks for the hard work you put into these videos!

[@parnianx]

Amazing! I enjoy how much confidence and skills you have working with such tiny details! Love every video I watch here!

[@mittarbhushankaushal2227]

Parnian same here

[@lolangbayanlanddownunder1379]

i really really admire all your designs and everything. im not a dessert person but since i watch your videos, i started making them and let my neighbors taste them.

[@DenisaThompson]

Julia thank you a million for this video! I could not for the life of me figure out how to do this without it ending in a disastrous mess lol. So far you are the only one that actually goes into detail how to make the piping bag and how to use it correctly. So again thank you and God bless! :)

[@tkeyes211]

I love your work! and I really love how clear and precise you describe everything. today I made and used my first parchment paper for piping and while they are a far cry from your work my cookies are a lot better than they have been. I hope to practice a lot and maybe by April I will be able to do the tiaras and jewelry for my little girls Birthday! either way you are helping a lot!

[@debjudisch5548]

Well, Julia, you sure brought back some fond memories for me tonight! I am 65yo now but was raised by a mother who baked cakes out of our home, when we were kids, to help out financially. We always knew never to run in the house in case mother had cakes in the ovens. And we also knew that the huge cake being constructed in the middle of our huge dining table was NOT to be touched!! I remember mother, before a big cake, sitting and folding her parchment pastry bags the night before. That is all she knew, and she seemed to be fine with that! I recently pulled out all of my mother's decorating "stuff" that I was given when she passed. I am going to try, POSSIBLY, some cookie and cupcake decorating for the holidays. I, too, have found that I like the royal icing WAY better than trying to decorate with American buttercream! I am waiting for my new miser to arrive so I can't start anything yet. Have NO idea how this will go! lol! Sorry to carry on, but thank you for a great video...SO helpful and easy to follow! God bless...

[@JuliaMUsher]

Thanks for sharing your memories! I hope your return to decorating is wonderful!

[@Abj62231]

I love the way you explain everything, thank you so much

[@lindabattisto5368]

I absolutely love your tutorials! I have now watched 2 hours of your videos and ready to tackle cookie decorating! Thank you! You are a genius and so easy to follow! Great directions and easy to follow. :)

[@kerryhigley3053]

Thank you so much this really helped I needed a last minute cookie I had every thing but a piping bag U are a life saver

[@loimiao]

Thank you for sharing your talent!

[@cristinahomrich7382]

Julia Usher, I`m from Brasil and I was completely in love with decorated cookies, but I didn`t had where or who to go to when I had a doubt or questios... Then I find you. Thanks for tutoring me! I love your videos, and I learn a lot everyday whatching them.

[@cindyvelt4013]

LOVE these. Makes cookie decorating fun again. I thought it was great when I found the tip on putting icing in plastic wrap then putting that into a bag - reuse the bag, hardly any mess - it was all good but there was still messing with the bags, the tips, the couplers and I always made too much of one or two colors and had them about. Also, those darned 00 and 1 tips clogged all the time so I'd pull the tip off and put another on - more to wash and keep track of. I guess I'm just really a lazy baker, ha, but I absolutely love the ease of making them, filling them, using them and tossing them! Thank you so much!

[@szumikovski]

Just have to tell you how much I enjoy your videos which are very well done.

[@myrathomas2850]

i was looking for a video on how to make a parchment circle, so glad I stumbled onto this one. Great find- I subscribed!

[@Love2TravelAway]

Great information I followed all your steps and took notes, now time to do hands on...

[@ninjasylph]

Thank you for that, I love the way you explained everything, it was perfect!

[@Artbug]

Wonderful video - very informative! Thanks for sharing!

[@Jaqhnun]

this was a very comprehensive and easy-to-follow tutorial! Thanks to you, I now have a little stack of parchment cornets for cookie decorating later. The last time I decorated cookies, I used the little disposable plastic bag cones for icing, and the seams on the side broke when I tried to pipe fine lines of thicker icing! Very frustrating. I'm looking forward to parchment-- thank you so much for your video.

[@crivensro]

Thank you very, very much for a wonderful and clear tutorial!

[@julierhan]

Wow- what a helpful video. I have only used disposable piping bags before and can't wait to try making gym own parchment bags. Thank you!

[@bobbieparsons1917]

You are The Bomb! I belong to a cake decorating guild and I will definitely be getting all our new, and not so new, members to subscribe to your wonderful site. Thank-you for making things so easy to follow.

[@laurastehle5831]

LOVE your video's and your lessons. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise!

[@femke6313]

Julia, where were you all my life? Why did it take me 6 YEARS to find you? Icing goddess and diy queen, what more does one want?

[@JuliaMUsher]

Oh, thank you! So glad you found my channel! Enjoy!

[@Lorrieonline]

You make this beautiful craft look so easy. Beautiful work!!

[@simplelife2248]

Very Professional and student friendly demonstration. Thanks

[@kellylangford2488]

I LOVE the parchment paper bags😋😍

[@theevilcupcake3]

Subscribed with only watching you for 2:28, such a great way to describe piping bags I hate reusable bags (bc of cleaning) and always seem to have sloppy work with plastic bags and I couldn't really understand why bc I was taught to be always use them in culinary school, your explanation was just so spot on. Thank you.

[@2009celere]

Beautiful, no more words, can say what I really want simply beautiful.

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[@pamlawrence6939]

Julia you are a joy to watch and listen to! Thank you so much for your informative videos... I'm looking forward to practicing your techniques. I have a feeling that my gingerbread men won't be such an epic fail this year!

[@adaamanischannel5564]

thank you fir sharing..Ms.Julia...I found an easy way on how to make my decorations better...I love your simple way..too.."practise make perfect"

[@MrsKarmenD]

Thank you so much for all your video's, I was a novice just looking for techniques to decorate my sons birthday cake and stumbled across your channel. You've inspired me to do this and take it further than just piping a birthday cake. I so look forward to following your channel and trying out new and fun stuff! Definitly going to get your book. Thank you so much from South Africa!

[@CarlosRuiz-tj1dn]

Hello, greetings from San José, Costa Rica. This is one of the most interesting food decorating channels I have found here in KZbin. Thanks a lot for sharing your work with us. Pura vida!

[@beaner2907]

I came across your channel by accident and decided to watch one of your vids. I was hooked! So I have to subscribe so I don't miss anymore. You're so talented. You make everything so easy to understand and I love that you show "this is what happens if..." But I couldn't eat them, they're just too pretty.

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[@taysultan6773]

Thank you Julia,you,ve been a great help to me.

[@sstrauss2438]

Just stumbled across your channel and I am already hooked! Thank you for your explanations! They are clear and concise!

[@scribblethatdoodle509]

Got my Wilton Method of Cake Decorating StudentGuide Course1&2 and this a great complementary video!ThankYou! Visual learning helps.a lot for practice session!

[@knoxscoop]

This works perfectly for me. So glad to be (mostly) done with all the tips and bags, which run into quite a bit of expense. I do sometimes store colored icing in twists of plastic wrap so I can just snip off the end of the plastic wrap and pop it into the parchment cone. There's less control for very detailed work but its much faster for kid's cookies and less messy.

[@candishaw5]

Omg I love her! I’m new to her channel and I’m so happy I came across this!

[@jesyspinkdreamhouse]

Thanks dear

[@SheaSF]

My mother did this with waxed paper. Could remember how. This makes me happy, because I've never been happy with all the piping bags and alternatives.

[@JuliaMUsher]

:) I use Reynolds parchment paper, as I believe it's got a sheer wax coating that keeps it from softening as fast as other parchment paper. The paper also slides easily across itself, making it easier to shape the cones. The tips can get blunt though (the advantage of metal tips is they don't misshape), so I am careful not to touch the tips of the cones.

[@TheFireBlazen]

yay! im a no frills type of home cook too! found your video trying to hunt for a simple way to ice cookies with my toddler for the first time and i dont have any piping bags! thanks so much!

[@melissad52077]

you, miss lady, are a genius! thank you!

[@jewell150]

I adore your videos! You are an excellent instructor and I have learned so many new techniques! I cannot wait to do some Christmas baking with royal icing. 😃

[@SarcasmIsMySecondName]

Julia, I love your videos, you're so crafty and talented, and so precise! :) You're my inspiration :)

[@dogbawlz]

great video - you explain things very well & clearly - thanks!

[@katiec6003]

This is so helpful! Thank you for the video.

[@autonoob9188]

so professional. thanks for teaching. 💗

[@gustavdesouza335]

Hi Julia, Greetings from South Africa, thank you for the advice with regards to the Parchment Cones, This is a brilliant idea like you say the plastic bag does not always give you the thinnest effect when piping. I really like your idea and will be testing it tonight as I have 45 tea-biscuits (cookies) I have to decorate for Saturday morning. I really appreciate your advice and demonstrations as it makes it so much easier to try and not be scared of trying something new. Appreciated Regards Gus

[@twistedpineapplela8134]

Julia, you are an amazing teacher! What an inspiration! Thank you for your vids, looking forward to grabbing a copy of your book. :)

[@TheLordSheogorath]

Julia, you are amazing! Very useful video and easy to follow!

[@amandawebber1445]

Amazing, i cant stop watching!

[@christinamiller4660]

Thank you so much!! I have been fighting with plastic bags and tips for years and was so frustrated! I've subscribed and will be watching for future videos!

[@JuliaMUsher]

You are so welcome! Thanks for subscribing!

[@hina8578]

thanku so much for sharing this ..its been so long i was looking for better cone tecnique. .love yours...thanks!!!!!!!!!!!

[@giorgiabarbagallo6145]

Just love watching your videos. 🍰

[@josebenitez3732]

Really enjoyed the videos and learned so much. No messing around! You are by far the Queen of no holds barred decorating. ;o

[@rncase89]

I accidentally bought parchment paper triangles from Michael's and I was always afraid to try to use them. I am definitely going to try now. This video was so helpful.

[@izzybugs62]

this is GENIUS..I'm somewhat new to cookie baking & I LOVE your videos..thanks so much for your wonderful tips!! THIS is my favorite one.. I HATE using plastic bags & the disposable plastics are soo expensive. this is genius!

[@Caharadras]

Thank you so much for this video! It was exactly what I needed. Now I can much more easily work with different colors of icing without having to wash piping tips and bags in between ^-^

[@sharon5132]

I am watching your video to limit the stress of working with royal icing! Your tutorials are great.

[@jenh47]

Very helpful information and professional presentation. Real show-and-tell like you've done is hard to pull off but you succeeded. Now I'm off to practice with pr-cut parchment paper sheets.

[@tania0629]

Thanks!!! I'll keep practicing my parchment bags!!👍😉

[@carolhesch5611]

Thanks for your videos. I love the idea of parchment paper because it is less waste/more biodegradable!

[@JuliaMUsher]

Thanks. Me too! I don't feel guilty throwing it away.

[@marielynn3802]

Thank you for your tutorials!

[@JuliaMUsher]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching!

[@grafagrifo]

This video helped me so much!! Thank you!!

[@tulikamishra321]

Just a cute piping bag and it's amazing........... Wow........ 😍😍😍