Air Fryer Biscuits

5 from 2 votes

These air fryer biscuits have buttery flaky layers, crisp edges, and fluffy centers. Baked in under 30 minutes and only 6 ingredients needed!

Prep Time10

Cook Time10

Total Time20

Course: Anytime, Breakfast, Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Calories: 304kcal

Author: Britney

Equipment

Air Fryer
Mixing Bowls
Food Processor (optional)

Ingredients

2 ¼ cups All purpose flour
10 tbsps Salted Butter (cold) - additional 2 tbsps for melting and brushing the tops of the biscuits
2 ½ tsp Baking Powder
½ tsp Baking Soda
½ tsp Kosher Salt
½ cup + 2 tbsps Buttermilk (cold)

Instructions

Preheat the air fryer to 400 degrees degrees F. Mix together the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl - all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, and kosher salt.
Cut the butter into cubes and add it to the flour mixture. Pinch and turn the butter into the flour together until pea sized morsels form. You can also use a pastry cutter or food processor
Pour in cold buttermilk and mix together with a wooden spoon until a shaggy crumbly dough forms. The dough may seem very crumbly, do not add more buttermilk! Remove the biscuit dough from the bowl and turn the dough out onto lightly floured surface. Gently knead until the dough is no longer crumbly. Cut the dough into 4 pieces and place on top of each other. (If you see big chunks of butter, don't worry - this is good!)
Use your hands to press the pieces together and then use a rolling pin to flatten dough until it's 1 inch thick.Spray the air fryer baked with cooking spray.
Press a 2 ¾ inch biscuit cutter or cookie cutter into the dough and place individual biscuits onto the basket. Do not turn the biscuit/cookie cutter, press into the dough and remove. Fold any excess dough back together and repeat until all of the biscuit dough is used, about 7 biscuits.
Brush the tops of the biscuits with melted butter. Cook for 9-10 minutes.

Notes

Pro Tips

If this is your first time cooking biscuits in an air fryer, do a test bake with 1-2 biscuits before baking an entire batch. Not all air fryers are created equally and cook at different intensities.
Bake your biscuits on the same rack in a single layer to ensure that they cook evenly and at the same rate. It is best to cook on the middle rack i you have an oven style air fryer to ensure the biscuit tops don't burn on the heating element.
Use cold butter! Take refrigerated butter and place it in the freezer for 15 minutes prior to baking the biscuits. This ensures that the butter doesn't come to room temperature while you're making the dough.
If the butter is too cold for you to work into the dry ingredients, an easy way to do this is to add dry ingredients and butter to a food processor and blend until pea sized morsels form. Then pour into a mixing bowl and add buttermilk and proceed with the rest of the recipe instructions.

Using canned biscuit dough:

Of course! Save additional time by using store bought biscuits (my breakfast favorite is Pillsbury Grands Biscuits), just note that cooking times will vary depending on the size of the biscuits.

For smaller biscuits:

Spray the cooking basket/rack with oil.
Cook at 330 degrees F for 3-5 minutes.
Flip the biscuits over and cook for another 2-4 until they are golden brown.

For larger biscuits:

Spray the cooking basket/rack with oil.
Cook at 330 degrees F for 6-8 minutes.
Give the biscuits a quick shake to loosen them from the rack and continue to air fryer for 2-3 minutes, until golden brown.

Of note, store bought biscuits tend to have sugar in the dough which makes the tops caramelize and brown a bit faster. To prevent this, keep an eye on the biscuits and adjust cooking times as needed.

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