Easy Air Fryer Donuts Recipe (Pillowy-Soft & Healthy)
Introduction
Yield: 4 servings
Prep Time: 2.5 Hour
Cook Time: 8 minutes
Ingredients
●250 grams all-purpose flour
●50 grams caster sugar
●1.25 grams instant dry yeast
●120 ml milk
●1 Egg
●2.5 grams salt
●5 ml Vanilla extract
●60 grams Butter (melted)
●Cooking spray
Recipe type：Dessert
RECIPES: Cosori Dual Blaze Smart Air Fryer By: delish.by.inayah
Direction
1.Mix lukewarm milk together with the sugar and yeast in a jug.
2.Cover the jug with plastic wrap and set aside on the counter for 10 minutes.
3.Whisk together flour and salt.
4.Take a large bowl, whisk together butter, egg, and vanilla.
5.Pour in yeast mixture, mix to combine, then add in dry ingredients, stirring with a wooden spoon until a shaggy dough forms.
6.Transfer to a lightly floured surface and knead until elastic Form into a ball then place dough in oiled bowl and cover with a clean dish towel. Let dough rise in a warm spot until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
7.Punch down dough, then turn onto a lightly floured work surface and roll out into a 30 mm thick rectangle.
8.Cut dough with doughnut cutter and small round from the center to make a donut shape.
9.Place donuts into parchment paper, cover with dish towel and let it rise for an hour more.
10.Grease basket of air fryer with cooking spray.
11.Place donuts (four at a time) into the Cosori Dual Blaze Smart Air Fryer basket.
12.Select air fryer and adjust time to 8 minutes then press Start/Pause.
13.Remove donuts when done, Place on cooling rack and repeat with remaining dough.
How to Get Sugar to Stick to Air-Fried Donuts Without Deep Frying?
When you deep-fry a doughnut, the wet oil on the surface naturally acts as a glue for sugar or cinnamon. Since your COSORI air fryer cooks with hot air, the surface comes out dry. Here is the bakery secret to making your toppings stick perfectly:
The Melted Butter Brush: As soon as the donuts finish cooking and are still piping hot from the air fryer basket, lightly brush the tops with a tiny amount of melted butter (or spray with a light mist of vegetable oil spray). Immediately toss them in your bowl of caster sugar or cinnamon sugar. The heat combined with the fine glaze of butter will create the perfect sticky surface, trapping the sugar instantly for that authentic bakery look without the grease!
Can You Use Store-Bought Biscuit or Pizza Dough for Quick Air Fryer Donuts?
Absolutely! If you want freshly baked donuts in under 10 minutes without waiting hours for homemade yeast dough to rise, you can use this brilliant supermarket hack:
The 10-Minute Supermarket Hack: Grab a tin of chilled pizza dough or ready-made pastry dough from the supermarket fridge aisle. Roll it out, use a biscuit cutter (or a clean bottle cap) to punch out your donut shapes and holes. Arrange them in a single layer in your COSORI air fryer basket, cook at 180°C for 5–6 minutes until puffed up and golden, and they are ready to glaze! It is the ultimate weekend breakfast shortcut.
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