Freezer Streusel

Make this once or twice a year (doubling or quadrupling the recipe).This way it's always have ready-to-use streusel topping for muffins, sour cream coffee cakes, yeasted babkas, or quick breads.

• Ready In: 20 mins
• Yields: 6-7 Cups

Ingredients

• 2  cups walnuts, chopped
• 3  cups brown sugar, packed
• 1⁄2 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
• 2 -3  tablespoons cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh nutmeg (optional)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1  tablespoon vanilla
• 1  cup unsalted butter, very cold, cut into 16 chunks

Directions

1. Place walnuts, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and vanilla in the work bowl of a food processor (if processor is too small, process half a batch at a time).
2. Pulse briefly to combine.Add butter chunks and process to make a coarse, crumbly mixture.
3. Freezes almost indefinitely.