Streusel Topping

Name: Streusel Topping
Yield: Makes about 1 cup, enough for 2 small cakes
Ingredients: 1/3 cup packed, light brown sugar (or dark brown); 1 tablespoon, granulated sugar; 1/2 cup, unbleached all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon, table salt; 5 tablespoons, butter (cold), cut into 8 pieces

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 1998

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The perfect topping for a traditional coffee cake.

SERVESMakes about 1 cup, enough for 2 small cakes

TIME10 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Because the coffee cake recipe we envisioned was to be light yet rich, with a brioche-type texture, we knew that it would need a relatively high proportion of eggs (we settled on four). We were after richness without heaviness, and this was...

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