5-Minute Air Fryer Donuts - Delicious Cinnamon Sugar Donuts with only 4-ingredients. (2024)

FAQs

Are air fryer donuts good? ›

Are air fryer donuts better than deep fried? In my opinion, this recipe for air fried donuts comes very close to the deep fried version. I wouldn't say they're better or worse—both are utterly delicious!

Why are my donuts tough? This could be due to a few things - either your oil temperature isn't hot or cool enough, or you over or under proofed the donut dough, meaning that it did not puff up in the oil. Check the oil temperature before each batch and make sure the donuts are properly proofed when you fry them.

Spoon the batter into the lightly greased doughnut pans, filling the wells to about 1/4" shy of the rim. Bake the doughnuts for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove them from the oven, and wait 5 to 7 minutes before turning them out of the pans onto a rack.

Doughnut Mix {Wheat Flour, Sugar, Vegetable Shortening [Vegetable Oil, Emulsifier (471 Soy), Antioxidant (307b)], Yeast Dough Concentrate}, Water, Vegetable Shortening, Cinnamon Sugar (10%) {Sugar, Spices [Cinnamon (1.5%)], Wheat Starch, Gluten}, Yeast. MAY BE PRESENT: Peanut, Hazelnut, Walnut, Sesame, Milk and Egg.

Though certain foods become crispy and juicy in an air fryer, others can get messy or dry. Pros recommended using an air fryer when preparing frozen food, cookies, and bacon. Avoid putting overseasoned food, wet batters, and cheese in your air fryer — they can make a mess.

To make light and fluffy donuts, make sure that your dough is properly risen by allowing it to rest in a warm place until it doubles in size. Also, avoid overmixing the dough as it can lead to a denser texture. Handling the dough gently and not overworking it will help maintain the desired fluffiness.

There's only one way to make doughnuts even softer and fluffier and that is by scalding some of the flour. Scalding is a technique used to not only make bread softer, but also to make it stay soft for longer. You can use it for pretty much any recipe you like.

A batch of original glazed starts with Krispy Kreme doughnut mix, water and yeast, the same single-cell fungi used to make bread rise. The yeast is what makes the original glazed so light -- it puffs the dough up with air, so it's not dense like a cake doughnut (more on this later).

Frying at too low a temperature will result in greasy doughnuts with a tough crust. Try this: Watch the oil's temperature carefully as you fry and adjust the heat as needed to maintain a temperature between 360°F and 375°F.

Why are my fried donuts not fluffy? ›

Proofing is the final rise when making bread. In this case it would be after the donuts have been cut out and they are waiting to be fried. It is important to proof them enough, otherwise they will turn out flat and dense. To check whether or not the donut is sufficiently proofed poke it with your finger.

Apple fritters are among the unhealthiest doughnuts. Just because a doughnut has fruit it it doesn't mean it is a good choice.

The Honey Dew Coconut Jelly Stick is the most calorie and sugar-heavy donut on our list with 590 calories and 40 grams of sugar per stick. Not only that, but it has a whopping 680 milligrams of sodium, which is almost a third of the recommended daily limit.

The sugars in donuts can become a risk factor for gum inflammation and cavities. And keep in mind that one donut can contain as much sugar as a chocolate chip cookie, or even more.

Cooked in the air fryer, the doughnuts are surprisingly good, texture-wise: light, spongy, and just slightly chewy, comparing quite favorably with deep-fried doughnuts. Clearly there's a color difference between air-fried doughnuts (left) and deep-fried doughnuts (right).

These air fryer donuts are just as delicious, but without the need of deep-frying them in hot oil. It's a much easier and safer way of making your own, not to mention the fact that using an air fryer also makes them much lower in fat.

The circulating air cooks the outside of foods first, which creates a crispy brown coating and keeps the inside soft, just like deep-fried foods. As the food cooks, a container below the basket catches any grease that drops. Bottom line: Air fryers create the crispy, chewy foods people love without all the oil.

The taste and texture of air fried food is comparable to the results of a deep fryer: Crispy on the outside, juicy on the inside. However, you only need to use a tiny amount of oil, if any at all (depending on what you're cooking).