![]() Bet you're kinda angry at yourself for not thinking of this sooner. What is it then? Who cares? We’re making our own rules here. And let’s not forget the other obvious use for crumb topping COFFEE CAKE. Then there are certain pie fillings that beg for a crumb topping, I’m looking at you peaches. You can also shove it in a baggie and eat it straight, but then it technically wouldn't be a crumb topping. 11 comments OctoMuch as I love making lattice crusts for my pies, sometimes I take the easy way out, and slap a crumb topping over the filling. Place apples in a large bowl, add sugar, flour, lemon juice and cinnamon. Peel and slice apples into -inch slices and discard the core (I like to use an apple peeler/corer for this). Cut butter into mixture with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse bread crumbs. Crimp the edges using your fingers, then place the pie plate in the freezer while preparing the filling. You can sprinkle it on top of yogurt, or cereal, or a big heaping bowl of whipped cream. In a large mixing bowl combine all the ingredients except the butter. Cake always deserves your respect, goshdarnit. The solution here is pretty simple: if you only want the crumb topping, then just make the crumb topping. 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup cold butter, cubed Dash ground cinnamon, optional Directions In a small bowl, combine flour and sugar. This is incredibly silly, and also pretty depressing. One can not look like a Greedy Gus and cut off additional slabs just to steal all the crumbs for themselves, nor should they be forced to pick off only the desirable parts lest they dispose of perfectly good cake. What a tragedy it is when one is served a thick piece of coffee cake that has just a smattering of crumb topping, a disproportionate disaster that can actually turn a person against cake altogether. Sure, in most situations the cake layer is the object of our affection, but in this scenario all it’s good for is holding up crumb topping. The worst part of coffee cake is the actual cake. ![]()
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