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)
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Pin RecipeIngredients
- 1 tube of biscuits (I used one with 5 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
FYI: If you are thinking this is going to replace or taste like a real donut then this recipe might not be for you. It will taste more like a canned biscuit.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 344
- Sugar: 42
- Fat: 7
- Saturated Fat: 3
- Carbohydrates: 43
- Fiber: 3
- Protein: 5
Scott says
Doing this with Buttermilk biscuits gives you the best flavor.
Sandee says
I gave it at 3 because biscuits just aren’t the same as Donuts from scratch. But in a pinch it does wonders I not only use my airfryer but I use my air fryer oven time was less in both of my air fryers. But I guess what I wanted was the chocolate glaze but as I said they do in the pinch thank you for listing this online for me to find
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Jenna says
How long did you melt that for? Sounds delicious.
Pat says
I melted some milk chocolate frosting and dipped the biscuits in. My 19 year old grandson loved them
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Dorie says
I tried them but not happy with the taste, they just taste like biscuits. Plus they were too dark was hoping for more of a real donut taste. Need to find a better recipe
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Jenna says
If you dip the donuts in melted chocolate the chocolate will get hard again If you plan on eating them right away then there won’t be a problem.
Judy says
Jenna instead of making the chocolate glaze for the donuts.
Could just melting some chocolate chips work ok?
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Jenna says
I had milk listed twice on the recipe when it should have been vanilla. Recipe fixed.
Denise says
Vanilla is not listed in ingredients. How much is used in this recipe?