Viennese Fritters Made from Cream-Puff Dough

Krapfen is a general term encompassing all individual round pastries, whether fried or baked. A Spritz is a squirt; the term refers to the act of using a pastry bag to pipe something out. So these are round piped pastries. They’re quite delicate and an old Viennese specialty, available in some of the city’s finest coffeehouses. Spritzkrapfen are meant to be eaten as soon as they are fried, so plan on preparing them for a casual occasion when leaving the table to fry them won’t