Vegan Air Fryer Donuts
These vegan yeast donuts are made with 5 simple ingredients, and take only 5 minutes in the air fryer! They turn out soft on the inside with a crispy exterior. Serve with a quick 3 ingredients glaze!
Serving Size 12
Equipment
- air fyer I use Instant Pot Vortex 10 Quart Air Fryer
- 1 Rolling Pin
- 1 3 inch cookie cutter
- 1 1 inch cookie cutter
- 2 baking sheets
- 1 wire cooling rack
Ingredients
For the donuts
- 2 ½ teaspoons active dry yeast
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 1 ¼ cup oat milk warm, about 100°F
- 8 tablespoons vegan butter melted, divided
- 3 ¾ cups all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
For the glaze
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 6 tablespoons oat milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In the bowl of your stand mixer fit with the dough attachment, or a large bowl, add the warm oat milk, sugar and yeast. Stir and let it sit for 10 minutes until frothy.
- Stir the yeast mixture and add 6 tablespoons melted vegan butter, the flour and the salt. Mix on medium low until a tacky dough forms, about 3 minutes. When you lightly press into the dough, it should bounce back. If mixing by hand, knead for a bit longer, until smooth and elastic.
- Remove the dough attachment, drizzle the dough with oil and turn it to fully coat. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and a kitchen towel, and let the dough rest for 1 hour until almost doubled in size.
- Punch the dough down and place it on your countertop. Roll it out to 1/2 inch thick. Use a 3 inch cookie cutter to cut circles, and then use a 1 inch cookie cutter to cut the donut holes.
- Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Transfer the donuts and donut holes to the baking sheets and cover with greased plastic wrap and kitchen towels. Let the donuts rise for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the air fryer to 350°F/180°C and line the trays with aluminum foil.
- Place 2-4 donuts on the air fryer trays, spacing them apart. Lightly brush the tops with melted vegan butter and bake for 4 minutes, then flip and bake for another 2 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
- Bake the donut holes for 2 minutes, then flip and bake for 1 more minute.
- Whisk the glaze ingredients together and dip the donuts. Let the excess glaze drip off and transfer them to a wire rack on top of a baking sheet to dry.
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Notes
Let the dough rise in a warm spot. Infront of a sunny window, or in an oven with the light turned on.
Don't overwork the dough, just until it's tacky and smooth.
Don't overcrowd the donuts in the air fryer, bake 2-3 at a time depending on the size of your air fryer.
