Air Fryer Donuts are bite-sized balls of dough and sugar with less fat than traditional donuts! This cinnamon sugar coating makes them irresistible.
“These are the best "fried" donuts and I love that I don't have to make a mess in the kitchen with oil. Thanks for the amazing recipe.”
Donuts are delicious whether it’s breakfast or dessert, and these Air Fryer Donut Holes are a tasty treat covered with cinnamon sugar.
Some people prefer a glazed donut, but I’ve always loved the extra texture and flavor of a cinnamon sugar donut.
What You’ll Need
Coating Ingredients
- Sugar
- Cinnamon
- Vegan butter melted
Donut Ingredients
- Gluten-free flour
- Crispy gluten-free cereal
- Sugar
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Vegetable shortening
- Non-dairy milk
Note; We’re using gluten-free ingredients here, but non-gluten-free will work as well.
How to Make Them
Note: Before you start the donuts, melt some vegan butter in one bowl and mix some cinnamon and sugar in another bowl for the coating in steps 4 and 5.
- Mix the flour, crispy gluten-free cereal, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Fold in shortening, and mix until crumbly. Stir in milk.
- Roll the mixture into 1-inch balls.
- Place donuts into the air fryer basket and cook at 380°F for about six minutes. Shake the basket halfway through cooking.
- Remove donut holes from the basket and roll them in butter. Be careful! The donut holes will be hot.
- Roll buttered donuts in cinnamon sugar, coating all sides.
- Serve and enjoy!
This recipe can work with all kinds of coatings and toppings, so feel free to experiment!
FAQs
Definitely! An air fryer circulates heated air around food to cook it, like a convection oven.
Air Fryer Donuts
Equipment
- 2 small bowls
- Mixing bowl
Ingredients
- ½ cup vegan butter melted, for coating
- 1 cup sugar for coating
- 2 tbsp cinnamon for coating
- 1⅓ cup gluten free flour
- 1 cup crispy gluten-free cereal
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ cup vegetable shortening
- ½ cup non-dairy milk
Instructions
- In a small pan, melt vegan butter and pour into small bowl. In a second bowl, combine cinnamon with 1 cup sugar.
- In a mixing bowl, mix flour, cereal, 2 tbsp sugar, baking powder, and salt. Fold in shortening.
- Stir until mixture is crumbly. Add milk.
- Roll mixture into 1-inch balls.
- Place donut holes into air fryer basket. Cook for about six minutes at 380°F. Shake the basket halfway through cooking.
- When donut holes are done, carefully remove from basket. Dip each ball into melted butter and roll in cinnamon sugar.
- Serve and enjoy!
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These are so easy to make. We made them with Rice Krispies and wheat flour. Turned out great. So kid friendly.
So glad you had fun making this with your kiddo. And thanks for letting me know it works with gluten products!
These are so good! Always love healthier recipes!
For sure!
I love these cuties that are a great alternative to traditional donuts. I think once I make, I will finish them off at once!
They sure do go quick!
These look like so much fun to make! I love my air fryer, and will be making them soon.
Be sure to come back and let us know how you liked them!
these look fabulous, I really need to get myself an air fryer they seem like such a great way of cooking!
For sure! Do get one, give these a try and come back to let us know how they tasted!
This was soo fun to make in the air fryer!
Yay Jordan! So glad you had fun making our air fryer donuts!
These are the best “fried” donuts and I love that I don’t have to make a mess in the kitchen with oil. Thanks for the amazing recipe.
Thanks so much Chrystal, that means so much to me that you came back to let me know! So glad you loved our air fryer donuts!