Air Fryer Biscuits

These tender, buttery air fryer biscuits take only 3 ingredients and bake up in 12 minutes or less. This is an easy one-bowl recipe, and very versatile also. They're great on their own for breakfast with butter and jam. They make a great breakfast sandwich, are the perfect side with a comforting bowl of soup, or you can enjoy them with your favorite gravy.

Prep Time10

Cook Time10

Total Time20

Servings: biscuits

Calories: 305kcal

Author: Sandra

Ingredients

2 cups self-rising flour
½ cup unsalted butter 1 stick. We recommend freezing then grating the butter. You can also simply chop the cold butter into small ½ inch cubes.
¾ cup milk Whole milk is best, but 1 or 2 percent will work as well.

Instructions

In a medium bowl, add flour and frozen grated butter.
2 cups self-rising flour, ½ cup unsalted butter
Use a pastry cutter or two forks to incorporate butter until mixture is crumbly and resembles a coarse meal.
Add milk and stir to combine to form a dough. Add more milk, if necessary, a splash at a time, until dough holds together into a ball.
¾ cup milk
Spray air fryer basket with cooking spray (canola, not olive oil) or coat with soft butter.
Scoop up a heaping tablespoon of dough, form it into a ball, and place it into the air fryer basket. Repeat 5 times with remaining dough. It's okay, and even desirable, if the biscuits touch each other.
Return basket to air fryer, set the temperature to 325 F (162 C), and bake for 10-12 minutes until golden brown. Begin checking for doneness at 10 minutes.
Remove basket from fryer and set aside to cool for a few minutes. Serve biscuits warm with butter and jam.

Notes

Be sure to use very cold butter and milk. Freezing then grating the butter really helps. At the very least, keep it refrigerated until ready to use. Keep milk refrigerated as well.

Try not to overwork the dough. Stir just until no flour streaks remain.

Every air fryer is different. Check the biscuits for doneness at 9-10 minutes. If you feel they are getting too brown, drop the temperature to 320 F (160 C) and finish baking until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Do not lay loose foil over the top of the biscuits as they are baking. An air fryer works by blowing hot air over and around the food. Loose foil will just blow around in the basket, and can even lead to a fire risk. To prevent too much browning, it is best to simply lower the temperature of the fryer.

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