If you have been looking for a healthier way of making doughnuts, this recipe is for you. Air-fried and dusted in cinnamon-sugar or dipped in a glaze--all the flavors are there, but the calories of frying are not!
Ingredients
- butter: 0.25 cup (melted)
- white sugar: 0.5 cup
- brown sugar: 0.25 cup
- ground cinnamon: 1 tsp
- ground nutmeg: 0.25 tsp (optional)
- refrigerated flaky biscuit dough (such as Pillsbury™ Grands!™ Flaky Layers): 1 pack (16.3 ounce pack)
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Stages of cooking
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Place melted butter in a bowl. Combine white sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg in a second bowl.
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Separate biscuit dough into individual biscuits and cut out the centers using a biscuit cutter (or the bottom of a piping tip) to create a doughnut shape. Place doughnuts in the air fryer basket.
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Air fry at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) until golden brown, 4 to 6 minutes. Flip doughnuts and cook an additional 1 to 3 minutes.
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Remove doughnuts from air fryer. Dip each doughnut into melted butter (making sure to coat top, bottom, and sides), followed by sugar-cinnamon mixture until completed coated. Serve immediately.
