HOW TO HEAT SEAL COOKIES // A full tutorial including tips, tricks, and troubleshooting problems
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- Опубликовано: 8 июн 2024
- 📌 Are you new to heat sealing your cookies and feeling a bit overwhelmed? Not to worry - I've got you covered! My comprehensive video tutorial takes you through everything you need to know about heat sealing, from the basics to more advanced techniques. Whether you're unsure about where to start or what equipment you'll need, my tutorial has got you covered. You'll learn how to properly heat seal your cookies, ensuring they stay fresh and delicious for longer periods of time. So, sit back, relax, and let me guide you through the process.
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📎 This video will teach you about all things heat sealing. Including: what bags you need to heat seal, using resealable bags, heat sealing with an impulse heat sealer, heat sealing with a flat iron / hair straightener, the settings you need to heat seal, and how long you should wait before you heat seal. I also troubleshoot some common problems you may encounter while heat sealing. Including: what to do if your bags are melting, why your cookie may be sticking to your heat sealed bag, and what to do when your cookie smears inside of your bag.
⏰ TIME CODES:
➰ Intro // 0:00
➰ Why Should I Heat Seal // 0:29
➰ What Bags Do You Use // 1:07
➰ Can I Just Use Resealable Bags Instead? // 2:13
➰ What Machine Do I Need to Heat Seal? // 3:09
➰ Can I Use A Hair Straightener/Flat Iron If I Don't Have a Heat Sealer? // 3:41
➰ How Do I Heat Seal? // 4:53
➰ How Long Should You Wait Before Heat Sealing? // 5:42
➰ Troubleshooting Problems: Help! My Bag Is Sticking To My Cookies // 6:18
➰ Troubleshooting Problems: Help! When I Write On Cookies, Paint On Cookies, or Use Luster Dust - It Rubs Off on the Bag. Can This Be Stopped? // 7:33
➰ Outro + Bloopers // 8:40
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What great tips!! I don’t even make cookies and I loved watching this!
Thank you!!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰
This is the best heat sealing video. Congrats, and thank you so much!
Really high praise! Thank you SO much!! Glad it was helpful!!!
This is sooooo neatl!!!! I'm so proud of you!!! Praying this is something that will take you over the moon!!
Thank you SO much!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Your creations are amazing and very beautiful!😊❤
Thank you!!! 🥰🥰🥰
So good!!
Thanks Kim!!!! ❤️
oh my goodness, THANK YOU so much!!! This was exactly all of the information that I needed!!!! I'm a brand-new cookier and I had so many questions about heat-sealing and you totally answered them all! And your video outtakes were so fun!!! Thanks for sharing all of your hard-earned and valuable expertise!!!
Such kind words! Thank you SO much!! As a fellow cookier, I'm so glad you are new part of our community! Welcome welcome welcome!
Great job!
Thank you so very much!!
Great job, Rachel!!
Loved the bloopers too!
@@debbieswart964 - ha! Thank you! I thought bloopers would show my personality a little more.
So helpful
Thank you so much 😊
You're so welcome! Thank YOU for commenting! It made my day!
ULine is a tremendous source for bags and sealers for cookies. Thank you for your great videos!
I'll have to look into them for bags! I actually use Uline for all of my packaging for shipping. So I do love me some ULine but I've never looked at their bags. Thanks for the recommendation!!
Thank you for this! I’m a cookie decorator but I’ve always used resealable bags even though I have a heat sealer because it was just easier for me but I did notice that after freezing, some of my cookie designs would start to smudge or transfer onto the bag after thawing. I thought it was because of the summer heat but now I know it could be because I’m using resealable bags or over-saturating my icing. Thank you for these tips!
It definitely could be that moisture is getting in while freezing with those resealable bags! It’s worth trying the heat sealer (which you can still use on those resealable bags - no need throwing those out!) to test it out! They are only about $30 on Amazon (heat sealers). Not awful and they last a really long time!
Nice tutorial :-) Your cookies are beautiful!
Thank you SO much!!!
Queen of cookies! Your cookies are artwork. Too beautiful to eat.
Aww, thank you so much Holly!!! 🥰
Thank you sooooo much for this awesome review. This definitely answered all my questions, I am just about to restart my cookie business but I wanted to figure out how to offer them longer without having to worry about the sell by date. Thanks soooo much!!! Awesome video. *very informative 👌🏾 *
Yay! I’m so glad it was helpful! Good luck starting back up your business! I swear by heat sealing. Just had a three week old cookie that still tastes great because it was still heat sealed. 🙌🏻
@@RockCityCookies 3wks ! Wow ! That's awesome 👌🏾 thanks for your kind words.
Thank you for using our packaging 😊
What an honor that you commented on my video! I only use your packaging for all of my cookies. Very happy and loyal customer for the last 4 years. Thank you for being such a great company! 🥰
Thank you for taking the time to teach us!! You're a wonderful speaker; warm and engaging, and I found the information invaluable!! --a novice cookie girl
This is the kindest comment! Thank you SOOO much!!
@@RockCityCookies wondering your thoughts on freezing cookies? freezing both baked and unbaked?
@@bubbles3824 - I freeze cookies ALL THE TIME. Full believer in freezing! Now, I do heat seal them first and then place them carefully into a freezer safe container if I'm freezing after decorating. BUT absolutely FREEZE THEM. They taste exactly the same as when I put them in. I have done a lot of taste tests to prove it because I was so worried about it. 🤣 I've not gone longer than 3 weeks frozen, but they have been fantastic after 3 weeks in the freezer. Unbaked, I *ALWAYS* freeze my dough. Even if I am using it the very same day that I made it I stick it into my freezer because I prefer really cold dough when cutting out my shapes. I usually use my dough pretty quickly, but on my breaks - I've frozen my dough up to a month and used it and it was still great. So long story short - yes, I love freezing! 🤪
@@RockCityCookies ahh this is so good to know! everything else i've heard cautions against freezing them... but i'm like..... it seems like such a timesaver! Just dont want to sacrifice quality. thanks for sharing your wisdom!! i feel like dorothy and you're the great wizard of oz, sharing all your knowledge 😂
or maybe glinda, she's got a better outfit
This is a great tutorial. I wanted to know if you could basically use any food safe plastic bag. I found my answer. Thank you.
Yes you most certainly can! I'm so glad my video helped answer that for you! Happy heat sealing!! 😘
By the way, I bought your heat sealer, and the clear bags in a variety of sizes. As I am looking to keep my baked goods fresh, and to distribute sanitarily. That’s why I’m curious if I was to hand these baked goods out if they are easy to open the bags or if you need to cut them open. I was in search of how to package and keep fresh cinnamon rolls, muffins, and cookies. And I really feel like your video nailed it for me. Thanks again and I hope you can let me know if these heat sealed bags are hard to open or easy. God bless you and thank you for sharing.💞
This is the greatest compliment!! Thank you so so much!!!
Thank you so much for your video. I was struggling on the types of bags to use. With your video, I now know which direction to go. I am not doing cookies, but coconut. I am so thankful I found your teaching.
Just one Q?, is it best to buy a sealer with cutter or scissors are alright to use? Thank you stay blessed 🙏🙏🙏
Yay!! I am SO glad the video helped!!!
Thank you so much for this video! GREAT tutorial 😊 When you heat seal the bags, are they easy to open? Or do you have to cut them open?
Great question! I use my scissors to cut a small slit in the top after I cut off the excess. So I will heat seal my bags, then cut off any extra, and then cut one or two small slits in the area that is left above the seal. That gives them a way to tear the bag open. A lot of people will just use scissors as well. (Or their teeth! 🤣🤣🤣)
Do you believe an airtight sealer would work better than a regular one? To remove all the air first before sealing them? Would that make a difference?
Thank you so much for sharing this info with us! I was wondering about the sealers that have the vacuum incorporated. Will these crush your cookie or icing decoration? Would vacuuming the air from the bag, help improve shelve life at at?
So I haven't actually played at all yet with the vacuum sealers but they do have me interested to see! Maybe I'll get one soon and let you know. But if it DOES work without hurting the cookies it would be amazing! It would keep the cookies fresh for SO MUCH LONGER. The possibilities are fantastic. I'm off to go check them out and see if I can get one in now. I'll keep you updated!
Is shrink wrapping better? 8:45
Hi there, we have lots of cold rainy weather.. I am having problems with my outline icing breaking off. Mainly with black and blue.. The icing isnt too stiff or dry. Would you say it can be the weather or oversaturation?
I definitely think the humidity is the culprit! I find that the more moisture is in the air, the more unstable my icing becomes. One suggestion is to place a dehumidifier in the room with your cookies if you have one. But otherwise, you may need to add a little more merengue powder or Cream of Tartar to your darker colors to stabilize the icing a little more! Definitely tweak your icing just a tiny bit to see if that makes any difference at all!
Have you used poly bags with a gusset and had the same sealing result as a bag without a gusset?
Yes! I have both - some bags with a gusset and some without! I love them both and get the same exact result with heat sealing!
Would it be better to heat seal or vacuum seal soft baked chocolate chip cookies for shipping?
I think it really is just your preference! Personally, I have received both heat sealed and vacuumed sealed chocolate chip cookies - and there isn't too much of a difference when it comes to the freshness quality after shipping. So if you already have one machine over the other (either a vacuum seal or heat sealer), I would just stick with whatever you have! But if you are looking to invest in one over the other - I would say it just comes down to whatever cost you are most comfortable with. Both can look very professional and can keep those cookies fresh!
I'm making sugar cookies with the royal icing for a shower. How far in advance can I make the cookies? Will they taste just as good if I freeze them a few weeks before icing them?
Yes! Absolutely! I would bake them, let them cool, and then put them in an airtight, freezer safe container and pull them out a couple hours before you are ready to start icing them so they have time to get back to room temperature. You just don't want them to still have any extra moisture in them from being frozen when you start icing them. So as long as they are back to room temp, you will be good to go. I've frozen cookies 3-4 weeks before icing them and they were great.
I do lay them flat to freeze with parchment paper in between the layers. Just FYI so that they don't stick together and stay nice and flat!
I understand heat sealing for shipping but how do you package cookies not being shipped?
Even when I don’t ship, with a local order, I always always always heat seal. That way they stay fresh for the event and don’t accidentally get messed up. So for me, there is not a single cookie that leaves my hands and goes to a customer without being heat sealed. 💛
Hello. How long does the cookie last once heat sealed?
Up to three weeks is about the best I have personally found. After 3 weeks, they start to get really hard. Not that they are bad… just hard. 🥰
@@RockCityCookies thank you 😊
How do you seal around a cookie that has a stick?
From my experience, you can’t really seal the cookie pops with a heat sealer. With those cookies, I make sure to have as super tight of a tie on them as I can to try and prevent air from entering the bag. It’s not as ideal but any protection is better than no protection! 🤍🤍
Can I heat seal baked chocolate chip cookies? Will it keep soft cookies fresh longer while shipping?
Also, I have purchased chocolate chip cookies from national suppliers all over the United States. Every single one of them used heat seal bags. And they all tasted great! But sealing them for shipping will extend the life of the cookies by quite a significant amount!
Thank you so much! Appreciate your video and response. I’m planning to ship cookies soon. I really needed this information. Thx!
@@chacha2931 You are most welcome! Good luck!!!
I perfer to shrink wrap.
I have got to play around with shrink wrapping. I think I would really love it too!
@@RockCityCookies it's pretty awesome. Maybe a little more steps involved but it works great for specific things.
Do you need a scissors to open a sealed bag?
As an adult, I can open the sealed bags without scissors but all of my children have to use scissors to open them. So I would say for events, people should probably have scissors next to the cookie table for people to use to open the bags, yes.