German baked food topping
Not to be confused with Strudel.
Place of origin | Germany |
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Main ingredients | Butter, flour, sugar |
In baking and pastry making, streusel (German pronunciation: [ˈʃtʁɔʏzl̩] ⓘ) is a crumbly topping of flour, butter, and sugar that is baked on top of muffins, breads, pies, and cakes.[1] Some modern recipes add spices and chopped nuts. The mixture can also be layered or ribboned in the middle of a cake.
Some baked dishes which have a streusel topping are streuselkuchen, coffee cake, babka, and apple crisp.
The term is also sometimes used for rich pastries topped with, or mixed with, streusel.
Etymology[edit]
From German Streusel ("something scattered or sprinkled"), from the verb streuen (cognate with the English verb strew).
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References[edit]
- ^ What Is Streusel?, wisegeek.com, Accessed 8 February 2015