How to Make Streusel (Crumb Topping)
There’s something magical about the perfect streusel—its golden, buttery crumbs adding a delightful crunch to every bite. Once you try it, you’ll find yourself reaching for this recipe again and again, knowing it’s the key to turning ordinary treats into something extraordinary.
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup light brown sugar tightly packed
- ⅓ cup sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 6 Tablespoons unsalted butter melted and cooled so that it’s warm but not hot to the touch if you only have salted butter, use that and omit the salt
Instructions
- In a medium-sized bowl, whisk or stir together flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, and salt.
- Drizzle butter over the mixture and use a fork to toss and claw the ingredients together until combined but still clumpy. Don’t over-mix or the streusel will become like a paste, simply toss together until mixture is clumpy, no longer dry, and the flour is completely absorbed.
- Scatter evenly over muffins, pie, or coffee cake before baking. While the baking time may be an extra minute or so due to the added bulk of the streusel, I recommend checking for doneness at the time indicated in the recipe before adding more baking time.
Notes
see notes section for optional add-in ingredients
Nutrition
Calories: 154kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 1gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 15mgSodium: 52mgPotassium: 28mgFiber: 1gSugar: 14gVitamin A: 175IUCalcium: 11mgIron: 1mg
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