Make this easy streusel topping recipe in under 5 minutes with 5 ingredients! Crumble and bake for an added crunch on top of desserts or use to top your favorite muffins, breads and pies!
Combine sugars, salt, and cubed butter in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium low until combined.
Alternately mix by hand: combine all ingredients in a bowl and squeeze in your hands until completely mixed and the mixture clumps together in large clumps. There should be no visible flour.
Bake the streusel alone
Crumble on parchment lined baking sheet. Refrigerate for 20-30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350°F while the streusel chills. Then bake 8-12 minutes or until it is golden brown and the centers of the larger crumbles look matte. The bake time will vary greatly depending on the size of the crumbles.
To use streusel on baked goods
Crumble streusel over the top of unbaked quick breads, muffins, cakes or pies! Bake as directed. Streusel can add several minutes to the bake time, if the recipe did not originally call for streusel.
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Yield: 4 cups (not crumbled), or enough to cover 2 loaves or 24 muffins generously. Variations – Add spices, chopped nuts or oats.Storage – Store unbaked streusel topping crumbled in a clean, air-tight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks or frozen for up to 2 months. Store baked streusel in an air-tight container at room temperature for up to 2 weeks. It can be stored longer than that but the flavor will begin to suffer.