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{{Short description|German baked food topping}}
{{distinguish|Strudel}}
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| name             = Streusel
| image            = Ananas-Kokos-Streusel.jpg
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| caption          = A [[pineapple]]-[[coconut]] cake topped with streusel
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| country          = Germany
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| main_ingredient  = Butter, flour, sugar
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In [[baking]] and [[pastry]] making, '''streusel''' ({{IPA|de|ˈʃtʁɔʏzl̩|audio=De-Streusel.ogg}}) is a crumbly topping of flour, [[butter]], and [[sugar]] that is baked on top of [[muffin]]s, [[bread]]s, pies, and [[cake]]s.<ref>[http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-streusel.htm What Is Streusel?], wisegeek.com, Accessed 8 February 2015</ref> Some modern recipes add [[spices]] and chopped [[Nut (fruit)|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 (American)|coffee cake]], [[Babka_(cake)|babka]], and [[apple crisp]].

The term is also sometimes used for rich [[pastries]] topped with, or mixed with, streusel.

==Etymology==
From [[German language|German]] {{wikt-lang|de|Streusel}} ("something scattered or sprinkled"), from the verb {{wikt-lang|de|streuen}} ([[cognate]] with the English verb ''strew'').

==See also==
* ''[[Soboro-ppang]]''
* [[Crumble]]
* {{portal inline|food}}

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