Cinnamon Oat Pecan Streusel

Elevate your muffins and fruit crisps with this cinnamon sugar kissed crunchy oat streusel topping

Okay, let’s chat about that sweet, crunchy, oat streusel crumb topping. When you reach for a muffin that has it, do you want to have equal amounts of streusel to muffin, less streusel, or more?  What about when it comes to fruit crisps?

So for me, it’s situational – if it’s a muffin, I definitely want more muffin than topping but when it comes to a fruit crisp – I want a 50/50 split. Those little nuggets of crispy cinnamon sugar-kissed deliciousness are positively addictive. I can remember as a child we kids would fight over it when Mom would make a fruit crisp. We’d all want the piece with the most crunchy bits on it.

Grab Your Ingredients

These ingredients are pretty much standard in most pantries and kitchens however if you don’t have them on hand, they should be readily available at your local market.

• Oats – you only want the old fashioned oats, not instant or quick cooking
• Brown Sugar
• Flour
• Cinnamon
• Salt
• Toasted Chopped Pecans
• Butter

See the substitutions below if you want nut-free, gluten-free, or dairy free.

Make The Streusel

1. In a large bowl, the oats, sugar, cinnamon, flour, salt, and pecans.
2. Give it a stir and add in the softened butter

2. 3. Using the back of a fork or your fingers, work the butter into the mixture.

What you’re looking for is to coat the pieces with the butter and to have clumps form. And that’s it, folks. Really, it’s THAT easy!

Chef’s Tip for Make-ahead Streusel

Once the streusel is at this stage you can put it in an air-tight container and place it in the fridge for up to 3 days.

Ways To Use Streusel

I’m partial to both of these crisps:

• Black & Blue Berry Crisp

• Stone Fruit Crips with Cinnamon Oat Pecan Streusel

Other ways:

• Place on Muffins before baking
• Gently press into the tops of cookie dough before baking
• Add to any quick/sweet bread batter before baking

Recipe Substitutions

• Nuts – walnuts, macadamia nuts, or almonds
• Nut-Free – If you have a nut allergy simply omit the nuts and increase the flour to 1 3/4 cups
• Gluten-Free – Use both Gluten-Free Old Fashioned Oats and Gluten-Free AP Flour
• Dairy Free – use coconut oil

Cinnamon Oat Pecan Streusel

• Author: TKWAdmin
• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Cook Time: 25
• Total Time: 30
• Category: toppings, nuts, crunchy, streusel, crumble
• Method: oven
• Cuisine: toppings, nuts, crunchy, streusel, crumble

Elevate your muffins and fruit crisps with this cinnamon sugar kissed crunchy oat streusel topping

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Ingredients

• 1 cup AP flour
• 1 cup toasted chopped pecans
• 1 1 /3 cups old-fashioned oats
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 9 tablespoon unsalted butter, very soft
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

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Instructions

1. In a large bowl add all of the streusel ingredients EXCEPT the butter and mix to combine. Add in the very soft butter and with either clean hands or a fork, press the butter into the oat mixture until it forms clumps and coated crumbs.
2. Use it on your favorite fruit dessert, cookie, quick bread, or muffins.
3. To bake as pieces, preheat the oven to 325F and line a rimmed baking pan with parchment. Place the streusel in a single layer, and bake until golden brown or about 25 minutes. Let it cool completely in the sheet pan on a wire rack. Once cooled, break it up into small pieces. Store in an air-tight container for up to a week.

Notes

This can be made 1 day in advance. Simply make, place in an air-tight container, and refrigerate for up to 3 days.

2-3 Tablespoons21813.3 g46.2 mg12.2 g25.1 g2.5 g18.3 mg

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