Coconut Streusel Topping

Total time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

5 tablespoons butter, melted
⅔ cups brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon salt
⅔ cups flour
⅔ cups flaked coconut

Instructions

Melt butter in a medium-size bowl.
Add brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Mix with a spoon.
Add flour; blend in with a spoon.
Add coconut; toss till blended.

Comments

Sweetened or unsweetened coconut can be used for this recipe.

This recipe can be used with my spiced coffeecake recipe.

If you are not a big fan of coconut try one of my other streusel recipes: oatmeal streusel topping or nut streusel topping.

Categorized in

Frostings, Fillings, Glazes
Nut-Free Options

Recipe adapted from Joy of Cooking, by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, and Ethan Becker. New York: Scribner (1997).