A traditional cruller (or twister) is a fried pastry often made from a rectangle of dough, with a cut made in the middle that allows it to be pulled over and through itself producing twists in the sides of the donut. Crullers have been described as resembling `a small, braided torpedo` and having been `a staple of the New England diet since the...... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruller
Crul'ler (krŭl'lẽr) noun [ Confer Curl .] A kind of sweet cake cut in strips and curled or twisted, and fried crisp in boiling fat. [ Also written kruller .] Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/195
a rich, light cake cut from a rolled dough and deep-fried, usually having a twisted oblong shape and sometimes topped with sugar or icing. · Also calleda rich, light, raised doughnut, often with a ridged surface and sometimes topped with white icing. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/cruller