A sopaipilla, also spelled sopapilla or sopaipa,'s a kind of fried pastry and a type of quick bread. The term's applied to three distinct breads, one typical of Central Chile, another of Southern Chile, Uruguay and Argentina, and a third type from New Mexico and Texas in the United States. The word likely comes from the diminutive of the Spanish word sopaipa, which's used to indicate fried dough sweetened with honey. That word seems to have come from the earlier word "xopaipa", from the Mozarabi… (More on Sopaipilla)