Air Fryer Fried Dough

 Easy-to-make air fryer fried dough reviewed.

You will find this sweet treat at your local County Fair or Church Bazaars. They go by many different names: fried dough, doughboys, or elephant ears. Whenever we visit a local fair, the first thing I look for is the fried dough. Fried bread dough with sugar or sugar and cinnamon all over it.

These little sweet treats are just as easy to make at home with your air fryer. Over the weekend, I picked up some fresh dough at our local grocery store to make some pizza. I had some dough left over, but it wasn't enough to make another whole pizza, so I decided to use my air fryer to make these little sweet treats.

How to make Air Fryer Fried Dough:

1. Take a small portion of bread dough in your hand and begin shaping it into a 4- to 5-inch disc. not too thick.
2. Set them on a cookie sheet and lightly coat both sides with oil.
3. Spray the air fryer basket with cooking spray, or you can lightly brush it with oil.
4. Preheat your air fryer to 350 degrees and set the timer to 9 minutes.
5. Set them in the basket and turn them over after 5 minutes.
6. While they are cooking, melt about 1/2 stick of butter.
7. Put 1/2 cup of white sugar in a flat dish. You can add cinnamon and mix it together if you like sugar and cinnamon.
8. When they finish cooking, brush them with butter and coat them with the sugar mixture.

Make sure you flatten them before adding them to the air fryer. As you can see in the picture, I made mine a little too thick. They puffed up so much that I considered filling them with strawberry jam, but I didn't have enough on hand. I had room for four at a time in my air fryer basket. I ate one of them before I took the picture. 

If you don't have an air fryer, it's just as easy to make these on the stovetop. Check out my recipe here for County Fair Fried Dough.

We love our air fryer, we have a Ninja Foodi Grill, and we use it all the time. It's a real time saver for quick indoor grilling or air frying. Check out my review here: Ninja Foodi Grill Review.

For my County Fair Fried Dough recipe on the stovetop, I use my cast-iron skillet.

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