Jelisava

The rest of the recipe is: drop by spoonfuls into hot oil, remove to drain on brown paper, and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar

My mother always made "Frogs" for Shrove/Fat Tuesday; so-called because the bits of batter that spread out from the main ball of dough look like frog's legs. We loved them and that distinctive smell of hot oil and dough. My mother remembers her grandmother making a similar type of fried dough.