Air Fryer Pancake Donuts Recipe

Try these Fluffy Air Fryer Pancake Donuts!

Take your pancakes to a next level with donut pancakes! Fluffy pancakes in donut shape topped with your favorite pancake toppings. Perfect for breakfast, brunch, or dessert. I always love breakfast foods served for dinner too. 😉

You don’t even need a biscuit cutter to use this recipe; just a simple silicone doughnut pan to make this tasty air fryer donuts recipe.

You can use any fluffy pancake recipe to make pancake donuts in your air fryer. If the pancakes turn out light and fluffy, the batter will be perfect for pancake donuts.

Not to mention, that this recipe is a super simple recipe to follow, with no yeast or oven in sight!

The only downside is the lack of donut holes this recipe makes, but don’t worry it makes up for it with extra donuts.

Ingredients and supplies needed to make Air Fryer Pancake Donuts:

What kind of donut pan should I use?

You want to make sure the pan or mold will fit in your air fryer. If you have a basket air fryer, like the Cosori 5.8 Qt, a mold for four 3-inch donuts will work great.

I bought a silicone donut mold for six 3-inch donuts and cut it to fit. It is a good idea to cut a vent in the middle of the mold to help air circulate more evenly in the air fryer. Silicone donut molds are super affordable and easy to cut!

Donut pancake topping ideas:

Obviously, these air fryer pancake donuts are awesome with any of your favorite pancake toppings, but here are a few ideas…

• maple syrup with a dusting of powdered sugar
• sliced strawberries and whipped cream
• sliced bananas and caramel syrup
• buttermilk syrup and sprinkles
• cinnamon syrup
• peanut butter
• Nutella

Have some fun with it or stick to what you know you already like. Share your favorite pancake toppings with us in the comments!

How to Make Air Fryer Pancake Donuts

In these photos, I tripled the recipe and made 27 pancake donuts. That’s a lot of pancake donuts and a lot of baking sessions in the air fryer since I can only do 4 donuts at a time.

If you would like to make more than 9 (the yield of the recipe below), I recommend tripling the recipe and cooking pancakes on a griddle at the same you are air frying the pancake donuts. It won’t take as long as doing it all in the air fryer and you’ll still get some fun pancake donuts in the mix.

These pancakes are light and fluffy and indulgent all at the same time. The sour cream in there makes them so tender and delicious.

Step 1: Make batter mixture

Just whisk all of the ingredients together, then the batter is done! It will be lumpy because you only want to stir until it is just combined. Just toss the mixed together, don’t overmix the dough to make sure you have some light and fluffy donuts.

Step 2: Fill the donut pan

Spoon the thick batter into the donut pan and fill each cavity about 3/4 full. These are 3-inch donut cavities – your yield and baking time may vary depending on the size of your donuts.

Step 3: Air fry donuts

They are done when the tops are a nice, light golden brown, which is about 7-9 minutes at 320°F or 160 degrees C in my air fryer.

More breakfast recipes to make in the air fryer

• Breakfast Cookies
• Easy and Simple Air Fryer Breakfast Bomb
• Easy Egg Bites – Air Fryer Recipe

Final Thoughts

With only a few ingredients you can make these delicious donuts in the hot air fryer and create a memorable breakfast for you and your family without the need of a dough hook, fancy mixer any rise time.

Plus you can make the recipe your own with the toppings! Create your own doughnut make with all sorts of fun stuff like cinnamon sugar coating, icing or glaze, crushed oreos, chocolate glaze and more!

What all do you love on your donuts?

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Air Fryer Pancake Donuts Recipe

So tender, fluffy, and delicious! I could eat these pancake donuts everyday!

4.75 / 5 ( 12 Reviews )

Print Pin Rate

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 7 minutes minutes

Total Time: 22 minutes minutes

Serves: 3

Adjust Servings: 3

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Equipment

• Air Fryer

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour or 142 grams
• 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• ⅛ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup sour cream
• ½ cup milk
• 1 large egg
• 2 tablespoons butter melted

Instructions

• In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together sour cream, milk, eggs, and butter.
• Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix with a spoon or spatula until just combined. The batter will be lumpy. Don't overmix. Let batter rest while you prepare the pan and preheat air fryer.
• Spray donut pan with cooking oil to help prevent the donut from sticking. Preheat air fryer for a few minutes.
• Spoon batter into each donut pan cavity until about 3/4 full. Bake in air fryer at 320°F/160°C for 7-9 minutes, until lightly golden brown. Let cool in pan for about 5 minutes, then remove.
• Serve warm with your favorite pancake toppings!

Recipe Notes

Baking time may vary depending on the size of the donuts and your air fryer.

Nutrition

Calories: 349kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 18g | Sodium: 395mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g

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