Beignet, the French Doughnut.

Beignet is a simple fried doughnut made from choux pastry or yeast dough, simple as that, the only diference with other dounuts is that they are square and they don't have a hole.

 Photo by _e.t

You can find the in the french quarter in New Orleans for example:
 

And here's a recipe:
 

Beignets, coffee and orange juice at Cafe DuMonde by pointnshoot