Lesson 4: How to Make and Handle Parchment Cones

This is an exclusive for Cookie Connection members - the complete Lesson 4 of my 16-video Ultimate Cookie Decorating Series! Nowhere else is this entire video available for viewing for free. For more info about my video series, please visit my site store here.

Thank you Julia!  I first learned, about 10 years ago, to pipe with parchment bags...and then, after being away from the class, and not practicing until the following Christmas... I forgot how to do it correctly.  I'm so excited to try again.  I appreciate your sharing with this group!

You're welcome, Debbi!

Thank you so much, Julia! I've always been so intimidated by parchment cones. After watching this video, I can't wait to try it! I've been using disposable bags with expensive PME tips that always get lost or chewed up in the garbage disposal. Thanks also for this amazing website. I feel like a kid on a candy (cookie??!!) shop!

Hi, Cathy! So glad you're enjoying the site - and taking the plunge with cones!

Simply perfect! <3 Thanks for sharing!!

Thanks, Daniel!

Thanks Julia, I admire your work and I am happy to find and join this group so interesting for cookies, thank you!

Glad to have you here, Dulces Nancy!

Hi Julia. Thank you so much for uploading this great video. I have one question: Can you also use special piping tips (e.g., petal tips) with these parchment cones?

Anna, You can, but if the icing is thick (which is what it likely should be if you want the texture from the tip to hold its shape), the cones are more likely to rip.

Dear Julia,

Thanks for having me in your community.Learn many new things.

Cristina

Hi, Cristina, So glad you have joined us here. Stay tuned for more videos. I'll be releasing about 13 news ones of my own (1 per week) starting in early August.

 

I also hope that other cookiers will start to share more of their videos here too. Anyone can upload a cookie-related video!!

Wish I had found this before I spent a ton of money on bags, bottles and tips!  So excited about the easy clean up. 

Classy Cookie Creations - So glad you found the video helpful!

Thank you so much for this video! I can't wait to try this. It is so hard to find an informative video like this and as a novice cookie decorator there is so much I have to learn.

You're very welcome, Cathy. Glad you enjoyed it. I've got another 13 videos coming soon (for free), though they tend to be a bit more advanced. Working now to compress them enough to get them on this site.

Julia, can't wait for more. I tried this already and can't believe how easy it is both to use and to clean up! I have bags and bottles and make such a mess so this is wonderful. I also liked your tips about piping and practiced quite a bit today after watching your video.

Cathy, I have a 16-video cookie decorating course already out on DVD. There's a fee for it, but it covers all the basics pretty thoroughly. This video is one in the series, as is the Marbling one that is also posted to this site. But the rest are only available through the DVD. You might want to check it out. Lessons include:

 

1. Intro and Tools I Can't Live Without 
2. 7 Steps to Flawless Rolled Cookies 
3. Making and Cutting with Custom Templates 
4. How to Make and Handle Parchment Cones (what you just saw)
5. Royal Icing and Consistency Adjustments 
6. Top-Coating and Outlining and Flooding 
7. Nose-Dive and Roundabout Dipping 
8. Wet-on-Wet Layering 
9. Marbling 
10. Stenciling 
11. Rubber-Stamping 
12. Wafer-Papering 
13. Dusting and Painting 
14. Flocking (aka Sanding) 
15. Applique Work 
16. Simple Outlines, Beadwork, and Textured Borders 

 

Also, more info here: https://www.juliausher.com/store/video/videos_on_dvd

Julia thanks for such a detailed explanation. I've never used parchment cones before because I've been intimidated by them. I'm going to try these this week.