streusel
a topping for coffeecake, consisting of crumbs of blended sugar, cinnamon, flour, butter, and chopped nutmeats.
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How to use streusel in a sentence
Dollop the rest of the cake batter on top of the jam layer, carefully smooth the surface, and sprinkle the streusel evenly on top.
They weren’t quite right, and neither was my first attempt at a streusel topping, which did not resemble streusel, to put it mildly.
My kids loved picking off bits of the streusel topping then gobbling the muffins whole.
Fill the thumbprint with about 1 teaspoon of walnut streusel topping and return to the oven for 15 to 18 minutes, rotating from front to back halfway through, until lightly golden.
These Chinese walnut cookies are buttery and crumbly, with a five-spice streusel filling | Hetty McKinnon | December 2, 2020 | Washington PostBrush over with egg, and spread some streusel on top (see streusel cake).
The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book | Victor Hirtzler
Brush over with egg, spread some streusel over the top, allow to raise, and bake.
The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book | Victor Hirtzler
British Dictionary definitions for streusel
/ (ˈstruːsəl, ˈstrɔɪ-, German ˈʃtrɔyzəl) /
mainly US a crumbly topping for rich pastries
Origin of streusel
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