5 Ingredient Cookies in the Air Fryer

You can never go wrong with a quick and simple chewy cookie recipe like this 5 Ingredient Cookies made in the air fryer.

No eggs in the mix cuts cholesterol. Plus, if you love to eat cookie dough from the bowl like I do, this egg free cookie dough is safe to nibble on while you make up the cookies!

This will be one of your easier cookie recipes, and you won’t even need to use a cookie sheet or the oven to create the perfect dessert. Grab your air fryer and let’s go!

Ingredients and Supplies You’ll Need to Make these 5 Ingredient Cookies:

Ingredients:

• Unsalted butter, room temperature
• Sugar (granulated not light brown sugar)
• All-purpose flour. Protein powder can also be added to up the protein! Sub for 1/3-1/2 cup of the flour.
• Vanilla extract
• Rainbow sprinkles (or jimmies)

Supplies:

• Hand electric mixer or stand mixer
• Large bowl
• Measuring cups
• Air fryer parchment paper
• Air fryer (Cosori Pro II)

Any add-ins?

This recipe is for a simple sugar cookie with sprinkles. However, you can always change them more into chocolate chip cookies by leaving off the sprinkles and mixing in chocolate chips.

Other options:

• Chopped nuts
• Rice Krispies
• M&M’s
• Oats
• Peanut butter chips
• White chocolate chips
• Top with sea salt flakes
• Mix in almond butter or another nut butter

How to store cookies

Place the cookies in an airtight container and store them at room temperature for up to 5 days. Or freeze them to enjoy a few as you get a craving.

How to make these 5 Ingredient Cookies:

Step 1: Make cookie dough

Begin by beating together butter and 2/3 cup sugar until combined. Then add in flour and blend well. Once that is all combined, stir in the vanilla until just mixed.

Step 2: Shape cookie dough balls

Roll into cookies into 2-inch balls (about 2 tablespoons of dough) per cookie. Then, place the cookie dough on air fryer parchment paper outside of the air fryer.

Next, press down on the balls to flatten with the bottom of a cup and add the rainbow sprinkles.

Then press down with the bottom of the cup and lightly press down again just so they stick.

Note: just sprinkling the rainbow sprinkles on the cookies would not make them stick very well. So I added some sprinkles on a plate and gently pressed the tops of the cookies into the sprinkles. Then flatten the cookies more with the top bottom of the cup.)

Step 3: Air fry cookies

Place in the air fryer basket. Air fry at 320 degrees F or 160 degrees C for 7-8 minutes, or until the edges begin to brown (or cook to your taste).

Let the cookies cool slightly outside of the air fryer basket on a wire rack before enjoying (to help them set)

Dinner before dessert

These cookies work perfectly as a quick and easy dessert. Pair this simple recipe with one of these delicious sheet pan dinner recipes for an easy dinner the whole family will love.

Baking sheet dinner recipes for the air fryer:

• Air Fyer Hawaiian Sheet Pan Dinner
• One Pan Honey Garlic Chicken and Veggies for the Air Fryer or Oven
• Chicken, Cabbage, and Apples Sheet Pan Dinner
• Simple Jamaican Jerk Chicken Sheet Pan Dinner in the Air Fryer

Final Thoughts

5 Ingredient Cookies are a great way to make dessert without over-complicated instructions and lots of ingredients.

They will air fry to perfection with a little crunch but have a great chewy center.

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5 Ingredient Cookies in the Air Fryer

With only 5 ingredients needed to make this cookie recipe, you will be enjoying sweet and chewy cookies in no time!

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Print Pin Rate

Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 8 minutes minutes

Total Time: 13 minutes minutes

Serves: 10

Adjust Servings: 10

Equipment

• Mixer
• Large bowl
• Measuring cups
• Air fryer parchment paper
• Air Fryer

Ingredients

• 1 cup Unsalted butter room temperature
• ⅔ cup Sugar
• 2 cups +1 tablespoon All-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla
• Rainbow sprinkles

Instructions

• Beat together butter and 2/3 cup sugar until combined.
• Add in flour and blend well.
• Add in the vanilla.
• Roll into cookie doughs - about 2 tbsp per cookie dough. Place cookie doughs on air fryer parchment paper.
• Press down on the balls to flatten with the bottom of a cup. Add rainbow sprinkles. Then press down with the bottom of the cup and lightly press down again just so they stick. (Note: just sprinkling on the rainbow sprinkles on the cookies would not make them stick very well. So I added some sprinkles on a plate and gently pressed the tops of the cookies into the sprinkles. Then flattened the cookies more with the top bottom of the cup.)
• Place in the air fryer basket. Air fry at 320 °F for 7-8 minutes, or until browned and cooked to your liking.
• Let the cookies cool slightly outside of the air fryer basket before enjoying (to help them set).

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