Easy Biscuit Donuts (In The Air Fryer)

Fluffy, melt-in-your-mouth biscuit donuts wrapped in cinnamon sugar are the perfect easy breakfast treat. Make these tasty warm homemade donuts fast with a little help from store-bought biscuit dough and your air fryer (or oven too!)

Why We Love Biscuit Donuts

• Quick To Make- These easy air fryer donuts are so fast to make, and only require a little effort for this simple recipe.
• Fresh From The Air Fryer– Donuts always taste best fresh, and these are warm, gooey and just melt when you take a bite!

These fluffy donuts are more of a yeast-style donut when you make them with biscuit dough. If you like a cake-style donut try my pumpkin donut holes or my apple cider donut holes. Both of these recipes can be made in the air fryer or oven.

Ingredients For Biscuit Donuts

• 16 ounce refrigerated can of biscuits, like Pillsbury
• ¾ cup white sugar
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon ground
• 3 tablespoons butter melted

How To Make Biscuit Donuts

• Preheat the airfryer to 350 degrees. Remove biscuits from can and separate the individual pieces.
• Remove the center of each biscuit with a small round cookie cutter or a circular bottle cap at least an inch wide to make a donut shape. (You can also use a shot glass to cut the centers, though in the picture it’s a cap.) Set the center of the biscuit dough to the side to make them into donut holes.

• Place donuts into the air fryer basket with space in between in a single layer, working in batches. Spray both sides of the donut lightly with spray oil.

• Cook for 4-5 minutes, turning the donuts halfway through cook time.

• Combine sugar and cinnamon in a shallow, wide bowl. Melt butter in a medium-size microwave-safe bowl. Both bowls need to be wide enough to fit the donut inside.
• Dip both sides of each donut in the melted butter. Immediately dip the butter-covered donut in cinnamon sugar mixture on the top of the donuts and the bottom of the donuts. You can place the finished donuts on a wire rack, baking sheet or a piece of parchment paper while you coat all the donuts.

• Serve the warm donuts and enjoy!

How To Cook The Donut Holes – You can use the same process to make air fryer donut holes from the centers of the biscuit dough. Expect the donut holes will cook in the air fryer for 3-4 minutes to cook all the way through. Roll the cooked dough in melted butter and cinnamon sugar, you don’t want to skip the best part!

Variation Ideas

Dip the Donuts In Glaze– Mix together the glaze from my sweet blueberry biscuits to give your donuts a sweet glazed topping. You’ll need powdered sugar, melted butter, milk and vanilla extract to make this simple glaze. Mix and then dip each donut in the glaze, yum!

Dip In Powdered Sugar– Instead of cinnamon sugar you can dip the donuts in a bowl of powdered sugar. I recommend double dipping by dipping them. Letting them sit for a minute while you work on other donuts, and then dip again to give them a nice thick layer.

How Long Do These Donuts Last?

These donuts taste best as hot donuts fresh the same day you cook them. When they are freshly baked, these cinnamon sugar donuts taste just like they came from your favorite donut shop.

You can store any leftover donuts in an airtight container and expect they will last two to three days. While they are still delicious, they taste best the first day.

Luckily this air fryer donut recipe is fast to make. I think they taste a lot like Krispy Kreme donuts!

Other Recipes You Will Love

Apple Cider Donut Cake– This giant donut is baked in a bundt pan and is always impressive to share with family and friends. Shh, know one will know it starts with a cake mix!

Baked Blueberry French Toast Casserole– Gooey sweet blueberry french toast casserole is topped with a buttery cinnamon sugar streusel, so delicious and perfect for a cozy breakfast or potluck.