Air Fryer Biscuit Donuts are a quick and easy treat made with refrigerated biscuit dough. Crispy on the outside, soft on the inside, and topped with your favorite glaze. Perfect for breakfast, dessert, or a fun snack.

Air Fryer Biscuit Donuts are one of those shortcut recipes that feels almost too good to be true. All you need is a can of refrigerated biscuits. Then you can top with your favorite icing, or coat in cinnamon and sugar. They’re crispy on the outside, soft and fluffy on the inside, and perfect for when a donut craving hits without a trip to the bakery.

 

You can roll them in cinnamon sugar, dip them in glaze, or dust them with powdered sugar. It’s easy to switch things up depending on what you’re craving. Recipes for both vanilla and chocolate glaze are in the recipe card. The air fryer makes them lighter than traditional fried donuts, but still gives you that irresistible donut texture everyone loves.

Ingredients You’ll Need

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Donuts

• Refrigerated Biscuit Dough
• Cooking Spray

Vanilla Glaze

• Butter
• Powdered Sugar
• Vanilla Extract
• Milk

Chocolate Glaze

• Chocolate Chips
• Heavy Cream
• Powdered Sugar

How To Make Air Fryer Biscuit Donuts

1. Cut Donuts. Open the tube of biscuits and cut them into donuts. I like to use a donut cutter to cut out the center. But you could use a knife, a cookie cutter or even a small shot glass.
2. Prep Air Fryer. Then arrange them in the basket of your air fryer. I can fit 4 donuts and then a few donut holes around, without over crowding the basket. Spray with oil.

3. Cook. Set the air fryer to 350º F and cook for 5 minutes. Flip the donuts over and then cook for an additional 5 minutes.
4. Make Glaze. You can pick either chocolate or vanilla or make both (you can cut both recipes in half if making both). Vanilla – stir together all of the ingredients until smooth and thin enough to dip. Chocolate – Heat heavy cream for 1 minute in microwave, stir in chocolate chips until melted. Then whisk in powdered sugar until smooth and dippable.

5. Cool. Once the donuts are cooked remove them from the basket and place on a wire rack to cool. Continue cooking the remaining biscuit donuts, while these cool.
6. Dip. Once the donuts are cool enough to handle, dip them in your glaze. Return to a wire rack and top with sprinkles.

Recipe Tips & Suggestions

• Cutting Donuts. You don’t need a donut cutter to cut the holes in the biscuits. You can use a small shot glass, a knife, a cookie cutter or if you have a piping tips for frosting, you can use the back end of that.
• Cinnamon & Sugar Topping. If you want to skip the glaze brush the donuts with a little melted butter and then toss in cinnamon and sugar. You need the butter so the sugar mixture sticks.
• Cooking. Make sure not to over crowd your air fryer. The air needs to circulate around the donuts to make sure they puff up and cook evenly.
• Frosting. There are both a chocolate and vanilla glaze in the recipe card. Both makes enough for the full 8 donuts. So if you want half and half, you can make half of each recipe. Alternatively if you have Chocolate Frosting or Vanilla Frosting on hand, you can use that as well.

Storage

You can store donuts in an airtight container for 2-3 days. They will start to dry out, just like traditional donuts so after a couple days.

To make this recipe I used a Cosori 5.8 Qt Air Fryer. It is big enough that you can fit plenty of food in, and the basket comes out so you can easily shake, stir, or flip whatever you are making.

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