How To Air Fry Donuts

Dip donuts and donut holes in melted butter.

How to air fry donuts. Air fryer donuts are a quick and easy way to make a fun breakfast for the family. Preheat a 6 3 quart air fryer to 350 f for 10 minutes. Cut the center out of the donuts using a donut cutter or bottle cap from a water or soda bottle. Then set the air fryer to 350 f and air fry the donuts for about 3 minutes per side yep that s it then immediately toss with your sugar combo. It s great for kids and the whole family si.

Donuts also spelled doughnuts are deep fried pastries made from dough. However in the united states donuts are most often sweet treats commonly enjoyed at breakfast. Coat lightly in cinnamon sugar. These donuts aren t really donuts as they are made from premade biscuit dough but they can be customized with any topping. Carefully transfer the donuts to the basket or plate in a single layer.

Spray the air fryer basket or crisper plate lightly with oil. If the coating doesn t stick lightly. Spray the donuts lightly with oil and cook until golden brown approximately 4 minutes. As our editor meghan discovered in her thorough review the air fryer has its strengths and weaknesses but donuts are a definite strength as are crispy chickpeas shishito peppers and bagels yum. For me cooking the donuts at 325 f for 4 minutes and then letting them sit in the air fryer for 1 minute is the golden ticket for my air fryer.

Using a 1 inch round cookie cutter or base end of a pastry tip cut out a hole in center of each biscuit. Dipped in a buttery donut glaze or in sweet cinnamon sugar they make a great breakfast or treat and taste like from your favorite donut place. Working in 2 batches for donuts and 1. Air fry for 5 6 minutes or until golden brown flipping them halfway through. Although donuts are sometimes filled with jelly jam or pastry cream the most common.

Preheat air fryer to 350 degrees. Cook at 375 for 6 minutes until deeply golden. Preheat your air fryer to 350 f and set the timer so the fryer will stay on long enough for cooking in batches. I always go overboard with it comes to the cinnamon sugar and make a note to go lighter next time. Grease basket of air fryer with cooking spray and add 2 doughnuts and 2 doughnut holes at a time making sure doughnuts don t touch.