| Roy |
Can you show us your recipe?
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| Wayne Boatwright |
On Thu 14 Jul 2005 05:00:46p, Ceil Wallace wrote in rec.food.baking:
> When I make streusel using butter, flour, sugar (brown or white) and
> cinnamon it never comes out like the streusel I get on cakes and buns
> from the bakery. Mine gets a bit crisp while the bakery streusel is
> nice and soft and is formed in little round clumps rather than loose and
> granular like mine. Is there a specific technique or what am I doing
> wrong?
The bakery is probably using vegetable shortening which gives a less crisp
texture than butter. They may also be using less sugar.
You also need to learn when to stop cutting the fat into the flour/sugar
mixture. It is at this stage when the size and shape of the crumbs/clumps
are formed. Too much cutting in can result in a texture more like sand.
What ratio of flour, sugar, butter are you using?
I use 2:2:1, but I do use butter because I don't mind a certain amount
crispness. I stop cutting in the butter when the particles are no smaller
than large peas with some that are larger. There will always be some
small crumbs.
HTH
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Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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| Jens Richter |
On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 00:00:46 +0000, Ceil Wallace wrote:
> When I make streusel using butter, flour, sugar (brown or white) and
> cinnamon it never comes out like the streusel I get on cakes and buns from
> the bakery. Mine gets a bit crisp while the bakery streusel is nice and
> soft and is formed in little round clumps rather than loose and granular
> like mine. Is there a specific technique or what am I doing wrong?
For my "Streuselkuchen" (baked on a sheet) I take 400g flour, 250g
butter or margarine, 200g sugar 2 tsp of vanilla sugar, 1/2 tsp cinnamon.
I mix all together with an electric mixer till the streusel is like
granular. Then I take a hand full and press the streusel a bit. Then you
can cut away clumps and put them onto your cake.
Jens
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