Definition of streusel
: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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Active Eats focuses on foods and drinks that build up your energy, such as the velvety avocado crema with strawberries, yellow cake and tortilla streusel.
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For the streusel: ¼ cup flour ¼ cup old-fashioned rolled oats 1 tablespoon poppy seeds 2 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons butter, room temperature Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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These are buttermilk cakes drizzled with pureed blueberries and sweet cream and dusted with almond streusel.
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A nutty streusel topping balances out this buckle's sweet-tart berry cake.
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Asparagus a la Plancha is served with white gazpacho and an almond-serrano streusel.
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Soft serve with rotating toppings like pistachio streusel.
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Be careful when pressing, because hot streusel can burn.
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Another kind was topped with an oatmeal dukkah streusel and pureed parsnip.
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Origin and Etymology of streusel
German, literally, something strewn, from Middle High German ströusel, from ströuwen to strew, from Old High German strewen
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