Okay, since I didn't get back here yesterday, they were supposed to be beignets.
They were probably closer to cream puffs though. I made them with choux pastry, baked, and just put powdered sugar on them. More "eggy" than the beignets I remember (made with yeast dough), but easier. I pretty much followed the Good Eats recipe. Now I have a gazillion little puffs to use up.
My mother used to make us donuts from canned biscuits! Dusted them in sugar and cinnamon. Those were so good when we were little.
I never could get the hang of frying things, and mine don't turn out as well.