These Air Fryer Pumpkin Donuts are perfect for Autumn/Fall or for Halloween. They take just minutes to put together, and the kids will be thrilled for this as a breakfast or snack treat! This post contains affiliate links.
Did you know you can make donuts in the air fryer with tubes of refrigerated biscuit dough? It’s easy and takes just a few minutes. Then, you can dust them with powdered sugar, and they’re ready to eat!
What do you need to make Pumpkin Donuts?
With the help of your Air Fryer you can make these cute Pumpkin Donuts You will need:
- 1 tube of Pillsbury Grand’s Biscuits – avoid the flaky ones
- Mini Pretzel Twists
- Orange Frosting
- a rolling pin (or just a cup for rolling out the biscuits)
- 1-inch round cookie cutter
- Optional: Green Frosting or Green Candy Melts & Medicine Syringe
How do you make Pumpkin Donuts in the Air Fryer?
I like to Pillsbury Grands biscuits, and I’ve found the ones that aren’t flaky layers work the best.
Roll each biscuit kind of flat using a glass or rolling pin.
Then use the 1-inch cookie cutter to cut the center like a donut.
Preheat the air fryer to 350 F degrees. If you don’t have a preheat setting, you can just turn the air fryer on for 4-5 minutes at this temperature to preheat.
Spray the air fryer with non-stick oil spray.
Place 2-4 donuts in the air fryer spaced out.
Cook for 6 minutes. They should come out just a bit golden brown.
When the donuts are all cooked, place them on parchment or wax paper on a cookie sheet.
Now it’s time to melt the frosting.
Open the canned frosting, so it doesn’t have a lid. Heat it for 30 seconds on HIGH in the microwave. Give it a good stir. If it’s not completely melted, pop it back in the microwave for 15-30 more seconds and stir until smooth.
Transfer the frosting to a bowl. Then, dip each donut halfway into the frosting. Let the excess drip while it’s held upside down.
Then, immediately place the donut back on the parchment paper and allow to dry.
Break the pretzels so they look like stems. Insert one into the top of each pumpkin donut.
As an optional step, I used green frosting and sucked it up in a baby medicine syringe and just added a little leaf on either side of the pretzel. You can also do this step with melted green candy melts, too.
Serve immediately and enjoy!
Keep leftovers in a sealed container for a day or two.
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Air Fryer Pumpkin Donuts
Ingredients
- 1 can Pillsbury Grand Biscuits (8 ct)
- 1 can orange frosting
- Mini Pretzel Twists
- Optional: Green Frosting (or Green Candy Melts) and a Medical Syringe
Instructions
- Roll each biscuit kind of flat using a glass or rolling pin.
- Then use the 1-inch cookie cutter to cut the center like a donut.
- Preheat the air fryer to 350 F degrees. If you don't have a preheat setting, you can just turn the air fryer on for 3 minutes at this temperature to preheat.
- Spray the air fryer with non-stick oil spray.
- Place 2-4 donuts in the air fryer spaced out.
- Cook for 6 minutes. They should come out just a bit golden brown.
- When the donuts are all cooked, place them on parchment or wax paper on a cookie sheet.
- Open the canned frosting, so it doesn't have a lid. Heat it for 30 seconds on HIGH in the microwave. Give it a good stir. If it's not completely melted, pop it back in the microwave for 15-30 more seconds and stir until smooth.
- Transfer the frosting to a bowl. Then, dip each donut halfway into the frosting. Let the excess drip while it's held upside down.
- Then, immediately place the donut back on the parchment paper and allow to dry.
- Break the pretzels so they look like stems. Insert one into the top of each pumpkin donut.
- As an optional step, I used green frosting and sucked it up in a baby medicine syringe and just added a little leaf on either side of the pretzel. You can also do this step with melted green candy melts, too.
- Serve immediately and enjoy!
- Keep leftovers in a sealed container for a day or two.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 69Total Fat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 97mgCarbohydrates: 12gFiber: 1gSugar: 5gProtein: 1g
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