Title: Fritters (pets de nonne)
 Categories: Hot
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      1    Recipe Basic Pate a Choux
           Oil for deep frying: 4
           Inches of neutral flavored
           Vegetable oil in large
           Heavy pot
    1/2 c  White sugar
      3 tb Cinnamon
 
  Load dough into pastry bag fitted with medium star tip. Heat oil to
  375 degrees. Sift together cinnamon and sugar. Holding pastry bag
  above hot oil, gently squeeze bag and slice off 1-inch sections of
  paste with paring knife. Pipe out only as many fritters as will fit
  comfortably in the oil. When fritters are golden, after 23 minutes,
  flip them over to cook the other side. Lift out of oil with slotted
  spoon and drain on layers of paper towels. Sprinkle with cinnamon
  sugar mixture while still warm.
  
  Yield: enough for a party
  
  The cinnamon sugar topping on these fritters is reminiscent of that
  used on Latin American beignets such as churros.