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🍽️ Air Fryer Donuts Without Frying

285 kcal · 50 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 0.25 cup wheat flour
• 0.5 cup water
• 1.25 cup wheat flour
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1.5 tbsp butter (melted)
• 0.25 tsp salt
• 0.25 cup oat milk (oat drink) (or almond milk)
• 1 medium-sized egg
• 1 tsp dry yeast
• 0.25 cup wheat flour (water mixture)
• sugar
• cinnamon
• butter (melted)

Instructions

1. 1. Mix wheat flour and water in a small pot.
2. 2. Heat the mixture slowly while stirring until it thickens.
3. 3. Remove the pot from the heat and stir briefly.
4. 4. Let the mixture cool down.
5. 5. Add flour, sugar, butter, salt, oat or almond milk, egg, dry yeast, and the cooled flour mixture to a food processor.
6. 6. Knead the dough for 10 minutes in the machine.
7. 7. Cover the dough and let it rise in a warm place (ideally 50 °C in the oven) for about 45 minutes.
8. 8. Knead the dough briefly by hand after the first rise.
9. 9. Let the dough rise again for 30 to 45 minutes.
10. 10. Dust some flour on the work surface and roll out the dough to a thickness of about one finger.
11. 11. Cut donut shapes out of the dough.
12. 12. Use a large glass for the outer ring and a small lid for the center hole.
13. 13. Place the donuts on a piece of baking paper cut to fit the air fryer wire rack insert.
14. 14. Cover the donuts and let them rise for another 1 hour.
15. 15. Check if the donuts have formed a firm outer layer that no longer sticks.
16. 16. Place the donuts in the air fryer with the baking paper facing up.
17. 17. Set the air fryer for 1 minute to secure the paper.
18. 18. Carefully remove the baking paper.
19. 19. Cook the donuts at 200 °C for 3 to 4 minutes in the air fryer until golden brown.
20. 20. Decorate the finished donuts with icing.
21. 21. Or brush them with melted butter and roll them in a cinnamon-sugar mixture.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 285
• Protein: 7 g · Fett/Fat: 8 g · Carbs: 47 g