Streusel
| 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
From German Streusel ("something scattered or sprinkled"), from the verb streuen (cognate with the English verb strew).
In Polish streusel is called kruszonka (Polish pronunciation: [kruszonka])[2] which comes from the word "kruszyć" (English: crumble).
See also
References
- ^ What Is Streusel?, wisegeek.com, Accessed 8 February 2015
- ^ "kruszonka". Słownik Języka Polskiego PWN. PWN. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
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