Air Fryer Donuts

Air fryer donuts are a quick and easy way to make a fun breakfast for the family. If you don’t have a deep-fry or candy thermometer handy, try tossing in a small piece of bread into the oil to determine whether or not it is hot enough to cook in. If the bread sizzles and takes a few seconds to turn golden brown, the oil is just right for cooking.
Vegetable-based oils can lose their optimum food quality after a relatively short period of time, states the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Air Fryer For example, after one to three months of room-temperature storage, vegetable oils’ quality has noticeably degraded.



Convection heat melts the sugar together to create a paper-thin crust that completes the air-fried illusion, and, as a bonus, you end up with a sugar-coated doughnut that doesn’t make a total mess of your clothes when you eat it. As my self care routine involves eating doughnuts without changing out of the pajamas I’ve been wearing for four straight days, this is ideal.
In fact, there’s no need for frying oil when using your air fryer A quick mist of your favorite oil or cooking spray will do the job without soaking the donuts in unhealthy oils full of saturated fat. Carefully remove the hot donuts (use tongs to avoid burning your fingers if they are too hot) from the air fryer and dredge immediately Into the shallow bowl with cinnamon sugar mix.

These donuts are low-fat with much better macros than deep fried donuts loaded with oil. This process can take less than 1 minute total with these yeasted doughnuts, so watch closely to ensure they are not over or under-cooked. Place both the donuts and donuts holes on a lightly floured surface, cover loosely with a cloth and let stand in a warm place until doubled in size (approximately 30 mins).
I’ve showed you the proper way to season an air fryer basket. Whisk flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Use a tablespoon or small cookie scoop to gather about 2 tablespoons of dough at a time, roll it into a ball between your hands, and place it on one of the parchment-lined mesh trays.

I did try a typical yeast donut recipe in the air fryer and it wasn’t quite the same….they didn’t turn out as pillowy and wonderful. Coat the basket of your air fryer with a few sprays of oil. If possible, pat dry your food before adding it to the oil as moisture causes hot oil to splatter.