Remember that time when your family asked you to create some donuts because you are such a good baker? Naturally, everyone assumes you live to slave in the kitchen, but I am here to tell you there is a better way to make donuts.
What if you could make donuts that you crave without all the unnecessary fats? And what if the calories in the makeup were dramatically reduced as a benefit of my method? It’s time to dig in and whip up a batch of my cleverly made Delicious Cinnamon Sugar Air Fryer Donuts. Oh, and did I say whip up? My Bad, cause there is no Whipping Up!
My three ingredient recipe will totally rock your donut eating world. Get ready to lavishly live Delicious Cinnamon Sugar Donuts out loud as this food writer spills the secrets to great donuts fast for any time of the day or week!
Grab Your Air Fryer
It’s all about the tools of the trade when it comes to productivity in the kitchen and I have you covered. Have you been mulling over the thoughts of possibly buying an air fryer? Let me show you my air fryer which has revolutionized the way I Fry!
Please note: I own 4 different air fryers, and they all function the same way! Choose one, and enjoy, it, they are revolutionary!
Frying is no longer messy and I don’t fry in oil this is an oil-less fryer and all I can tell you is “grab one!” I got mine on Amazon and I am so happy I have it.
Touch one button for temp and one for minutes and you are off to the frying world with 1/2 the fat and no oil! Woot Woot, because clean up is paper towel easy! Let’s get to the recipe the reason you are all here!
Delicious Cinnamon Sugar Air Fryer Donuts
INGREDIENTS
1 – 8 Count Can Refrigerated Buttermilk Biscuits
Cinnamon Sugar Mix
¼ C Sugar
4 tbsp. Cinnamon
Optional Confectionery Glaze
¼ C Confectionery Sugar
2-3 Tbsp. Of water (depending how thick or thin you want your icing)
METHOD
On a flat surface separate all the biscuits.
Place each biscuit on a flat surface, flatten.
Cut a hole in the middle of each.
Dip in Cinnamon Sugar Mixture
Place 4 donuts at a time in the Air Fryer
Program Air Fryer for 370° for 4 minutes (as you do a few batches you will need to adjust timing to 3 minutes)
When the cycle ends remove from the fryer with tongs and tray them up.
Optional to create a confectionery glaze. (wait till they have cooled)
Enjoy
PREP TIMES
Prep Time: 6 Minutes
Air Fry Time: 4 Minutes
Glaze Time: 2 minutes
Total Time: 12 Minutes
That’s all there is to it, can you believe it is that easy? So good yet so easy!
Print the recipe below

Air Fryer Easy Cinnamon Sugar Donuts
Ingredients
- 1 - 8 Count Can Refrigerated Buttermilk Biscuits
Cinnamon Sugar Mix
- ¼ C Sugar
- 4 tbsp. Cinnamon
Optional Confectionary Glaze
- ¼ C Confectionary Sugar
- 2-3 Tbsp. Of water depending how thick or thin you want your icing
Instructions
- On a flat surface separate all the biscuits.
- Place each biscuit on flat surface, flatten.
- Cut a hole in the middle of each.
- Dip in Cinnamon Sugar Mixture
- Place 4 donuts at a time in the Air Fryer
- Program Air Fryer for 370° for 4 minutes (as you do a few batches you will need to adjust timing to 3 minutes)
- When cycle ends remove from fryer with tongs and tray them up.
- Optional to create a confectionary glaze. (wait till they have cooled)
- Enjoy
PREP TIMES:
- Prep Time: 6 Minutes
- Air Fry Time: 4 Minutes
- Glaze Time: 2 minutes
- Total Time: 12 Minutes
Cook’s Tips
Colder dough is easier, so as soon as it comes out of the refrigerator I set them out on a cutting board so I am ready to go. This is for separating the biscuits.
The warmer dough is best for smashing, so let it come to room temperature.
Buttermilk biscuits work best.
As the air fryer cooks batch after batch it gets faster so you may need to decrease the time by one minute.
That’s it, enjoy my Delicious Cinnamon Sugar Air Fryer Donuts any day of the week! Lavishly live food out loud.
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