Air Fryer Biscuit Donuts

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These Air Fryer Biscuit Donuts are made with only two ingredients, making soft and fluffy doughnuts perfect for breakfast or a snack.

Air Fryer Donuts with Grands Biscuits Recipe

My Mom made these warm doughnuts with Pillsbury Grands Biscuits all the time when we were kids. We were always so excited when we knew she was making them.

Most of the time, we ate them for breakfast, but sometimes, she would make them for a snack on the weekends.

As a FYI, know that these doughnuts are fabulous little suckers while they are fresh and hot. But once they cool off, not so much!

Air fryer biscuit doughnuts recipe ingredients

• Pillsbury Grands Biscuits or any Canned biscuits you have on hand
• Vegetable oil
• Granulated sugar

Recipe Tips

• If you want to make cinnamon-sugar donuts, add a bit of cinnamon to the sugar mixture before dipping the warm donuts when they come out of the air fryer.

• If you want a perfectly round center for your donuts, use a mini cookie cutter to cut the biscuits. I usually just use my fingers to pull the center out of the biscuits to make donuts, but this sure doesn’t make the center perfectly round.

• This recipe was created for a rack-style air fryer, not a basket style. Rack-style air fryers are nice for recipes like these since the biscuits can be spread out, helping them to cook more quickly and brown more evenly.

Making donuts out of biscuits in air fryer

Place the sugar into a large, flat bowl and reserve. Open the can of biscuits, then separate them from each other.

Using your fingers, flatten each biscuit somewhat, then pull the center from each biscuit to create a hole, turning each biscuit into a doughnut.

Spray the air fryer rack with nonstick spray, then place the doughnuts onto the rack.

Now, brush the top of the doughnuts with a bit of oil.

Air fry the doughnuts at 350 degrees F. for 2-3 minutes or until golden brown on top; turn the doughnuts over, brushing the tops with a bit of oil. Continue to air fry the doughnuts for an additional 2-3 more minutes or until golden brown on the second side.

Carefully and very quickly, while they are still piping hot, remove the doughnuts from the rack.

Place them one at a time, into the sugar in the bowl, flipping them over to make sure that all sides meet the sugar and are well-coated.

If the sugar doesn’t seem to want to stick very well, brush the doughnuts with a bit of oil, then dip into the sugar once again.

Place the doughnuts onto a serving platter and enjoy them at once.

For the best eating experience, doughnuts should be eaten while hot.

How to make air fryer biscuit donut holes

Cut each biscuit into three pieces, then gently shape each piece into a ball (a donut hole).

Brush with oil and air fry for 2-3 minutes on each side, until golden brown. Roll in sugar and serve at once.

Can I fry the biscuits to make doughnuts if I don’t have an air fryer?

Sure can. Use a Dutch oven or very deep skillet; add about 2-inches of vegetable oil.

Over medium-high heat, get the oil hot. Add a piece of a biscuit to the hot oil.

If the oil sizzles and the piece of dough begins to cook, your oil is ready.

Add the biscuits (doughnuts) to the hot oil, just a couple at a time, cooking until golden brown, approx. 2 minutes on each side.

If the doughnuts are getting browned to quickly and not getting cooked at the center, turn the heat down a bit since your oil is just a little too hot.

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