Air Fryer Biscuit Donuts are my new favorite dessert! They are so easy to make and come together quickly when you’re in the mood for a snack or need a sweet treat after dinner. And trust me, nobody’s gonna know!

The secret is using canned biscuits to cut down on prep time. This is a great recipe you can make with kids. They can help you cut out the donut holes and then have fun decorating the donuts with cinnamon and sugar or frosting with sprinkles. You can be as creative as you want with how you finish them off. Another thing. While I love these in the air fryer it can fry them up traditionally too like this if that’s more of your jam. 🤗

If you are making these canned biscuit donuts with your child, be sure to get them some fun and practical kitchen gear for kids. It will get them even more excited to get into the kitchen with you and you can use these items to make other toddler meal ideas, too.

Now, let’s get to these easy and scrumptious homemade donuts with biscuits!

Air fryer biscuit donuts with assorted toppings.

The Best Tools to Make Air Fryer Biscuit Donuts

Before you get started, make sure you’ve got the right kitchen essentials for the best results. Here’s what you’ll need:

How to Make Air Fryer Donuts with Grands Biscuits

Homemade donuts with biscuits on wire rack.

Ready to get cooking? Here’s how to make these yummy air fryer biscuit donuts, step-by-step. And keep scrolling to get the recipe card, below!

Ingredients'

1 Can of Grands! Flaky Layers Original Biscuits (16.3 oz.)
Vegetable Oil, Olive Oil, or Coconut Oil Spray

Glaze and Toppings

3/4 C Sugar
2 Tsp Cinnamon

And/or

Premade Chocolate and Vanilla Frosting
Sprinkles
Assorted Crushed Chocolate Cream Cookies, Grahams
Marshmallow Puff
Crushed Chocolate Bar
Caramel, Chocolate, and Strawberry Sauces
Coconut (toasted)
Assorted Nuts (optional)

Directions to Make Air Fryer Biscuit Donuts

Canned biscuit donuts cooling on metal rack.

PREHEAT your air fryer to 350 degrees for about 5 minutes. SPRAY your air fryer basket with oil and use a silicone brush to make sure the oil gets evenly coated (you can also use vegetable oil).

While your air fryer is heating, REMOVE your biscuits from the can and use your bottle top (or donut cutter) to CUT them into the shape of a donut. (Save the donut holes because you can air fry and eat those, too)!

Once the air fryer is done preheating, PLACE 4 donuts inside and COOK for about 4-5 minutes, according to how well you like them cooked. After the cook time is completed, REMOVE the donuts and place them on a rack to cool.

COMBINE your sugar and cinnamon in a shallow mixing bowl and a BASTE your donuts with your melted butter. Use tongs to PLACE your donuts into the sugar cinnamon mix and TOSS to coat.

Alternatively, you can dunk your donuts into frosting and sprinkles or any other toppings you like best. To make your frostings easier to handle when dunking donuts, heat in the microwave for about 15 seconds and allow about 15 seconds to cool.

I like my air fryer biscuit donuts to have a variety of toppings. Here’s what I used to make different flavors:

Smore’s
- Melted Marshmallow Puff
- Crushed Chocolate Bar
- Crushed Grahams
Strawberry Iced/ Chocolate Iced with Sprinkles
- Vanilla Frosting
- Strawberry Sauce (mixed into vanilla frosting)
- Chocolate Frosting
- Sprinkles
Cookies ‘N’ Cream
- Melted Marshmallow Puff
- Crushed Chocolate Cream Cookies
- Chopped Nuts
Chocolate Iced/ Chocolate Iced with Crushed Nuts
- Chocolate Frosting
- Crushed Nuts
Chocolate and Caramel Striped
- Toasted Coconut
- Chocolate Sauce
- Caramel Sauce

Holiday Ideas

Air fryer donuts with grands biscuits on baking rack.

What did You Think of These Homemade Donuts with Biscuits?

I hope you enjoyed this homemade donuts with biscuits recipe. What did you think of using canned biscuits as a short cut? Let me know your thoughts in the comments and any good toppings ideas I might have missed!

If you liked this recipe for air fryer biscuit donuts, be sure to check out my delicious Double Chocolate Chip and Cinnamon Almond Flour Cookies and Easy and Delicious Sprite Cake.