Air Fryer Donuts

My air fryer donuts are made from scratch and are fluffy, doughy, and perfectly glazed. Just 4 ingredients, no yeast, and ready in minutes. Watch the video below to see how I make it in my kitchen!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 7

Total Time 12

Servings servings

Calories 125kcal

Author Arman Liew

Ingredients

1 3/4 cup self rising flour
1 cup vanilla yogurt * See notes

For the glaze

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar sifted
1-2 tablespoons water or milk

Instructions

In a large mixing bowl, add your flour and yogurt and mix well, until a thick dough remains. If the dough is too thin, add more flour. If the dough is too thick, add more yogurt.
Lightly flour a kitchen surface and transfer the dough onto it. Knead it several times until smooth. Divide the dough into 8 equal portions. Roll out each portion of dough into a long, sausage shape and connect both sides to form a donut.
Line an air fryer basket with parchment paper. Place 2-4 donuts on them (depending on how big your air fryer is), ensuring the donuts are at least half an inch apart, to ensure they have room to rise and spread.
Air fry the donuts at 200C/400F for 7-8 minutes, or until firm on the outside. Repeat the process until all the donuts are cooked.
Let the donuts cool completely. While cooling, prepare the glaze. Sift the powdered sugar into a large bowl. Add 1-2 tablespoons of water (or milk) and mix until a thick and smooth glaze remains.
Dip each donut in the glaze and place them on a wire rack. If desired, top with sprinkles.

Video

Notes

* You must use a plain sweetened yogurt. If you use a sweetened Greek yogurt, add at least two tablespoons of sugar or maple syrup to compensate. If you use plain yogurt, add at least 1/4 cup of either sweeteners.

TO STORE: Leftover donuts can be stored in the refrigerator, covered, for up to five days.

TO FREEZE: Place the donuts in an airtight container and store them in the freezer for up to six months.

For vegan donuts. Use vanilla-flavored coconut yogurt.

For gluten-free donuts. Use gluten-free self-rising flour.

Make a chocolate glaze. Melt chocolate chips and fold them into the glaze mixture along with 1-2 tablespoons of melted unsalted butter.

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