These chocolate glazed donuts are air fried and so much healthier than deep fried donuts! Less oil.
It was a sad day on Saturday last week. I was going to cook my potatoes in the air fryer like I normally have been doing for breakfast and the dang air fryer broke. Noooooooo!!!! I was kind of ticked off and immediately went online an ordered another air fryer. Yep, I love my air fryer that much! The last air fryer I had was only 2.6 quarts and this one has a larger basket in it which is way bigger (3.7 quarts). LOVE!
These air fryer donuts came out perfect! I air fried them for 4 minutes on each side. Could almost go 4 minutes and then 2 minutes on the other side because the donut itself was a little bit dark but that can just get covered in frosting. I was in a festive Holiday mood and added some red, white, and green sprinkles to the donuts. Have you made anything sweet in your air fryer? Get one during Cyber Monday or on Black Friday? Let me know in the comments below!
Air Fryer Donuts (using canned biscuits)
- Yield: 8 1x
Ingredients
- 1 16..3 oz tube of Pillsbury Canned Biscuits
- 1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup of cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup of milk
- 1 tsp of vanilla
- red and green sprinkles (optional)
Instructions
- Open up the can of biscuits. Use a bottle top to poke a hole in the middle of the biscuit. Set in air fryer for 4 minutes and turn the temp to 350. Take the biscuits out and flip on each side. Cook for 2 to 4 minutes longer. at the same temperature.
- While the donuts are cooking make the glaze. In a small to medium size bowl, add the powdered sugar, cocoa powder, milk, and vanilla extract. Stir until the powdered sugar and cocoa powder turn into a thick glaze.
- Take the biscuits out of the air fryer and dip into the chocolate glaze. Set them on a cooling rack to set. Enjoy!
Notes
If you don’t add any frosting to the top these will taste like plain biscuits.
Do not overcrowd the air fryer basket with biscuits. Will have to cook in batches.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 344
- Sugar: 42
- Fat: 7
- Saturated Fat: 3
- Carbohydrates: 43
- Fiber: 3
- Protein: 5
Jenna says
Thanks, Levie, and yes I agree about the healthier version. 🙂
Levie Marie says
We made these in our Ninja Foodi using the Air Crisper. They were amazing!!! People need to remember that this is just a healthier alternative to regular doughnuts. Thanks so much for a great recipe. We plan to make it again this weekend.
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Kaye says
Love it!
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Bry says
Huge waste of ingredients for the glaze because you don’t need a pound per donut but everything was pretty good.
Watch your biscuits, they will burn fast. Also, don’t expect a genuine donut. It’s still just a preformed biscuit.
Jen says
I made these, but threw the pieces of biscuit that came out when I made holes into the air fryer also to make “munchkins”. Those had more of a donut taste than the actual donuts did. If I make them again (probably will since kids seemed to enjoy them), I’ll roll all the dough into “munchkin” size pieces.
Jenna says
lol. I’m really surprised how many people think these will taste like an actual donut.