Donuts with air fryer: the recipe and the most delicious variations

Let's find out how to prepare the recipe for Carnival donuts with the air fryer and some tasty variations

I donuts they are a sweet originally from Austria, delicious and very soft, often filled with cream, nutella or jam. Also widespread in our country.

The traditional recipe calls for them to be fried in oil, but we offer you, on the occasion of Carnival, a more version light and healthy. Which you can prepare in a few minutes with the air fryer, also experimenting with some delicious variations.

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Cream donuts with air fryer: the recipe

La recipe for donuts that we propose comes from the ChiccheBiscotti Youtube channel. The dough in this case is baked in the oven, but we recommend that you opt for the air fryer.

ChiccheBiscotti stuff the donuts with custard, but if you prefer to keep them lighter, just don't add it to the dough.

Ingredients

200 ml of warm milk;
45 grams of whole cane sugar;
10 gr of brewer's yeast;
1 egg at room temperature;
400 grams of flour 00;
1 pinch of salt;
50 gr of butter at room temperature;
powdered sugar;
"optional" custard (find the recipe here)

Method

Pour the warm milk into a bowl and add the brown sugar, mix the mixture with a ladle.

Add the chopped brewer's yeast and egg, continuing to mix.

Pour the flour slowly and continue to mix until you get a soft but compact dough, which you will have to continue kneading with your hands.

Add a pinch of salt and then the butter, continuing to knead.

Place the dough on a flat surface after having sprinkled it with a little flour and continue to knead, then place it inside a container covered with cling film. Let it rise for 1 or 2 hours.

Remove the film and make 9/10 pieces of 60 g each from the dough. Place the donuts on a baking sheet, cover them with other film and leave them to rise for another 20 minutes.

Instead of baking them in the oven as the video suggests, we advise you to preheat the air fryer at 180 ° for 3 minutes. Then place the donuts on the basket well spaced, and cook for 4-5 minutes. Turn them over and cook for another 4-5 minutes.

Finally sprinkle them with a little icing sugar and if you want, fill them with a spoonful of custard.

Donuts with air fryer: the variants

Vegan donuts with jam, with pumpkin cream and cinnamon, there are numerous reinterpretations of this classic dessert. Let's discover the most delicious variations.

Vegan donuts

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“The Plant Based School” offers a vegan version of donuts without butter, milk and eggs. The preparation involves double leavening and the following ingredients: flour, sugar, dry yeast, vegetable milk, sunflower oil, and for the filling chocolate, jam or alternatively Nutella or vegan custard. Find the complete recipe here. Instead of baking them, use the air fryer, cooking them for 4-5 minutes on one side and 4-5 minutes on the other.

Donuts with jam

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I donuts with jam they are very simple to make, just follow the basic recipe that we have described and replace the custard with your favorite jam.

Cinnamon donuts with pumpkin cream

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The variant proposed by “Ramona Storie di Cucina” is based on cinnamon and pumpkin cream. In this case, the sugar must be flavored with lemon zest, orange zest and a teaspoon of cinnamon. While the custard must be prepared according to the classic procedure but with the addition of cooked and pureed pumpkin. Instead of frying donuts, always opt for cooking with an air fryer.

Donuts with sourdough

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“Con le mani in pasta” offers us the tasty recipe for donuts with sourdough. In this case you need type 1 soft wheat flour, type 00 soft wheat flour, refreshed mother yeast, butter, brown sugar, water, warm milk, vanilla bean pulp, grated rind of 1 orange, salt, custard or jam for the filling. What a delicacy!

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