Crumb Topping Recipe

Crumb Topping Recipe

10 min
8 servings

Crumb topping for pie is such an easy recipe. This crumble recipe can also be used to top muffins or coffee cake!

Ingredients

  • 12 tablespoons (170g) unsalted butter
  • ⅔ cup (133g) sugar ((packed brown sugar or granulated sugar or a combination))
  • 1 ½ cups (186g) all-purpose flour
  • ¼ teaspoon salt

Directions

  1. 1

    Grate cold butter into a large bowl. Alternately, you can dice it small.

  2. 2

    Add sugar: use all brown or all white or a combination to make ⅔ cup. Use whatever combination you like (I like using ⅓ cup each brown and white).

  3. 3

    Add flour and then, using a pastry cutter, work the butter into the flour and sugar until the mixture forms coarse crumbs.

  4. 4

    Use crumble as recipe directs, on a fruit pie or on muffins or coffee cake. Bake as directed in recipe.