: a crumbly mixture of fat, sugar, and flour and sometimes nuts and spices that is used as topping or filling for cake
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The cool vanilla cream partners beautifully with the warm, cinnamon apples, and crunchy oat streusel.
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Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2024
Garnish with any remaining streusel and juices in the baking pan.
—Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2024
Add Topping to Filling and bake: Sprinkle the streusel topping evenly over the apples.
—Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2024
Prince Street specialty dessert pizza — a Nutella, marshmallow and cinnamon streusel topped pie — exclusively at the pizzeria’s Nolita storefront on Prince Street.
—Emily Mercer, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2024
Garnish with any remaining streusel and juices in the baking pan.
—Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2024
Add Topping to Filling and bake: Sprinkle the streusel topping evenly over the apples.
—Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2024
Prince Street specialty dessert pizza — a Nutella, marshmallow and cinnamon streusel topped pie — exclusively at the pizzeria’s Nolita storefront on Prince Street.
—Emily Mercer, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Streusel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/streusel. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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