Air Fryer Donuts that are made from refrigerated biscuits! Just 4-ingredients and 5-minutes to make. These delicious cinnamon sugar donuts will be your new favorite Air Fryer recipe!
Easy Air Fryer Donuts
One of our most popular recipes is our Easy Canned Biscuit Donuts which are baked in the oven. Everyone just loves them and it’s just as easy. This is just a different version that takes less cooking time.
If you do not currently own an air fryer, let this be the recipe that convinces you to buy one. The air fryer uses convection to circulate hot air around whatever you put inside so your favorite fried food recipes can now be made without the Frying and less guilt! We LOVE ours and have made so many awesome recipes like our popular Air Fryer Apple Fries and Air Fryer Jalapeño Bacon Cheese Balls.
You will also want to check out our Air Fryer Tips post that has everything you need including all sorts of tips, tricks and a free cooking times printable!
Ingredients Needed
You only need 4-ingredients!
- Biscuit Dough – I like to use Pillsbury Grands biscuits (Southern Style of Flaky).
- Coating – a mixture of ground cinnamon and sugar is used to cover the biscuits after they are air fried.
- Butter – melted butter is used to cover the biscuits for the cinnamon sugar mixture to stick.
How To Make Donuts In An Air Fryer
By using the air fryer, this only takes about 5-minutes of prep and 10-minutes of cooking time – So easy!
- Preheat air fryer to 360 degrees. To do this, simply turn your air fryer on at 330 degrees and let it run for about 3-5 minutes.
- Mix together the cinnamon and sugar. Set aside.
- Cut the center out of each biscuit using a round cookie cutter. Lightly coat air fryer basket with cooking spray (like coconut oil spray).
- Place the donuts (not holes), in a single layer of your air fryer and bake for 5 minutes at 360 degrees. As the doughnuts are cooking, melt the butter.
- Coat the baked doughnuts with your melted butter and cover the donuts with the cinnamon sugar mixture. Serve and enjoy!
How To Make Air Fryer Donut Holes
When you air fry the “holes”, set your timer for 3 minutes and repeat the process of dipping in butter and then adding the cinnamon and sugar mixture.
Optional Topping
If you are a bigger fan of chocolate glaze instead of the cinnamon sugar coating, we got you covered!
Chocolate Glaze Recipe
Once cooked, dip the donuts in chocolate glaze.
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon light corn syrup
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
Melt the ingredients in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring. Dip the donuts in the chocolate glaze or spread the glaze on top of the donuts using a knife.
Tips
Storing – Store the air fried donuts in an airtight container to keep them from going stale for 3-4 days.
Cooking spray – I recommend using coconut oil spray. Do not use non-stick spray like Pam (those sprays could be harmful to your air fryer).
Optional toppings – Feel free to change the cinnamon sugar coating to any other toppings you prefer. Use the chocolate glaze recipe we provided above or just make a simple vanilla glaze by mixing powdered sugar and milk. You can frost the tops using Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting, Chocolate Buttercream Frosting, Vanilla Buttercream Frosting, Peanut Butter Frosting or Cream Cheese Frosting.
More Air Fryer Recipes
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- Air Fryer Mashed Potato Cakes
- Air Fryer Nashville Chicken
- Lemon Hand Pies (Air Fried or Baked)
- Air Fryer Chicken Parmesan
- Air Fryer Avocado Fries
- Doritos Air Fryer Chicken Tenders
Easy Air Fryer Donuts
Ingredients
- 1 can Jumbo Biscuits like Pillsbury Grands
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 Tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 5 Tablespoons butter melted
Instructions
- Preheat air fryer to 360 degrees. To do this, simply turn your air fryer on at 360 degrees and let it run for about 3-5 minutes.
- In a medium bowl, mix together the cinnamon and sugar. Set aside.
- Open the can of flaky biscuits and cut the center out of each one using a 1-inch round cookie cutter. Lightly coat air fryer basket with coconut oil spray (you can also use olive oil spray). Do not use non-stick spray like Pam (those sprays could be harmful to your air fryer).
- Place the donuts (not holes), in your air fryer. Bake for 5 minutes at 360 degrees. As the doughnuts are cooking, melt the butter.
- Using a silicone pastry brush, coat the baked doughnuts with your melted butter. Then cover the donuts with the cinnamon sugar mixture by dipping and rolling around. Use a spoon to coat the top as well. Gently shake off excess cinnamon sugar. Serve doughnuts hot.
Donut Holes
- When you air fry the “holes”, set your timer for 3 minutes and repeat the process of dipping in butter and then adding the cinnamon and sugar mixture.
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Equipment
- Round Cookie Cutter 1 inch
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87 comments on “Cinnamon Sugar Air Fryer Donuts”
Love this easy recipe! Donuts were gone in 10 minutes! Big hit!!
Great to hear Christina! Thanks.
They don’t look like the picture because of the biscuit flaking. But they still taste good.
Cut the biscuits into 3 pieces and stretched/twisted them into donut sticks. Still 3minutes cook time. Sprinkled half with cinnamon powdered sugar.
These are amazing!
Super bon
These have become a staple in our house! So easy and good!
Gave it a try and instant hit with everyone. Very simple to make. Flaked biscuits make for an airy donut.
JILL I have followed your posts since you started. I know the boys have grown and would love to see current pictures. You might even have daughters- in -love now too. Your ideas are always so good and a quick easy process. Thanks.
Thanks so much Joan! Yes, my boys are growing way too fast. No daughter-in-laws yet though! Hopefully one day!
I have an air fryer part in my oven. How would I do it in there.
I just made in my oven fryer and it only has 1 setting 400. So I set it for 5 minutes to warm up them popped them in for 5 minutes
I took a look and they still needed more time so I set the timer for 2-3 more minutes and waited till they were turning brown on top. That’s it
They turned out really good but 5 minutes is not nearly enough time to get them completely done so I suggest to put it on like 7 minutes and see that gets them completely done it also has a little bit of a doughy taste but my kids love them so I’ll definitely try them again
I was a little leery that they would have that biscuit flavor, but not at all!!! These were super easy and super scrumptious! Definitely a keeper.
I was thinking the same thing about using biscuit dough. Have to try these, maybe tomorrow
Made some with powdered sugar and some with cinnamon sugar. We loved them. My 2 year old grandson ate an entire doughnut!
Just made these& can’t get over how good they are!! Will always use this recipe from now on!!
We have been making THESE for 50 yrs & do not have air fryer. Mine is easier, simpler & great. Note use of 2L cola bottle cap.
1 tube Biscuits–(can be buttermilk, flaky etc)
Hot vegetable oil in deep-fryer/FryBaby or skillet
baggie w/ 1/2 C Confectioners Sugar
baggie w/ 1/2 C Granulated sugar + 1 tsp Cinnamon ( shake well to mix)
Cap from a 2 L soda bottle
–After laying out the biscuits on clean flat table, press bottle cap into each center
& you have a donut + the hole. Fry about 3 @ a time on both sides, & don’t forget the holes. After sitting on a paper towel for a minute, place into either sugar bag preferred.
Jack
While that sounds tasty – albeit greasy, it also negates the whole point of an air fryer and adapting to a healthy but tasty lifestyle.
Made these and they turned out great! Very easy to make!
So quick and easy and the entire family love them
easy recipe few items which I love
So yummy! I split the recipe and made biscuits and gravy with half the biscuits and donuts with the other half. Thank you for the recipe!
Great recipe
I made these this morning, absolutely the best yet! So easy to make and you could not even tell they were biscuits! Will definitely make them again!