The Bread & Dough Collection

Air Fryer Breads and Doughs

Every bread and dough I have baked in a basket, from four minute toast to a crusty no-knead boule that rises overnight. Unlike cookies, breads do not share one temperature: blistered flatbreads want the machine at 400°F, soft enriched rolls bake as low as 300°F, and deep quick bread loaves sit in between so the center can catch up with the crust. Each card carries its own number and the reason for it. Converting a family recipe? Start with the air fryer calculator.

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31 bread and dough recipes

4 min Toast Buttered before it goes in, 380°F for 4 minutes. The butter browns the slice and weighs it down so the fan cannot lift it into the element. 4 min in the basket · 1 slice

Air Fryer Naan: Blistered and Soft Without a Tandoor

4 min Naan The empty basket preheats at 400°F for 5 full minutes to play the tandoor wall, the top gets wet, and nothing gets flipped. 3-4 min per naan · 6 naan

Air Fryer Pita Bread: Does It Actually Puff? Here's the Trick

4 min Pita Bread Rolled to a scant 1/8 inch and launched onto a basket preheated at 400°F. It puffs its own pocket in the second minute with no flip. 3-4 min per pita · 6 pitas

Air Fryer Frozen Garlic Bread: No Thawing, No Soggy Center

6 min Frozen Garlic Bread Any box, straight from the freezer, no foil. Texas toast at 360°F for 5 to 6 minutes, loaf halves at 350°F for 8 to 10, butter side up. 4-10 min in the basket · 4 servings

Air Fryer Flatbread: Ready Faster Than Delivery

6 min Flatbread Self-rising flour and Greek yogurt, no yeast and no rise. How thin you roll it decides soft flatbread, wraps or puffed pockets, at 330°F. 5-6 min per batch · 6 flatbreads

Air Fryer Garlic Bread: Crisp Crust, Melted Middle

7 min Garlic Bread Two stages: 350°F so the garlic butter soaks into the crumb, then a 400°F bump for the crust. The garlic goes in as a paste, never minced. 6-7 min in the basket · 4 servings

Air Fryer Crescent Rolls: Canned Dough, Bakery Layers

8 min Crescent Rolls The can stays cold until the last five minutes, and every roll sits point side down so the fan cannot unfurl it. 330°F, no preheat. 6-8 min in the basket · 8 rolls

Air Fryer Canned Biscuits: Flakier Than the Oven in Half the Time

8 min Canned Biscuits 330°F with one flip at the two-thirds mark: 6 to 8 minutes for regular, 9 to 11 for Grands. Flakier than the oven in about half the time. 6-11 min in the basket · 8 biscuits

8 min Croutons Any bread, cubed and seasoned, crunchy and golden at 375°F in about 8 minutes. For salads, soups, or eating straight off the tray. 8 min in the basket · 4 servings

Air Fryer Croissants: Canned Dough, Flaky Layers

9 min Croissants From Canned Dough One can of crescent dough laminated with a single cold butter fold and shaped with a stretch and notch like the real thing. No preheat, no flip. 7-9 min in the basket · 4 large

9 min Soft Pretzels From-scratch yeast dough and a baking soda bath for the deep golden, pretzel-shop crust, then 9 minutes at 375°F. 9 min in the basket · 8 pretzels

Air Fryer Pizza Dough: How to Bake Fresh Dough, Not Frozen Pizza

9 min Pizza Dough Fresh dough in two stages: a 4 minute naked par-bake at 400°F sets a rigid, blistered crust, then toppings go on and it finishes at 360°F. About 9 min per pizza · 4 pizzas

10 min Cinnamon Rolls Canned rolls at 320°F for about 10 minutes. The lower temperature keeps the center from staying gluey, and the seam test confirms it. 10 min in the basket · 8 rolls

Air Fryer Breadsticks: Garlic Butter, No Baking Sheet

10 min Breadsticks Lightly enriched yeast ropes with blunt ends, risen twice and baked gently at 330°F. Butter first and garlic salt after, the restaurant way. 8-10 min in the basket · 8 breadsticks

Air Fryer Garlic Knots: Chewy Centers, Buttery Crust

10 min Garlic Knots One pound of pizza dough tied loosely, seasoned butter before the bake and fresh garlic butter tossed on after. Chewy centers at 330°F. 8-10 min per batch · 12 knots

Air Fryer Kolaches: Soft Dough, Sweet or Savory Filling

11 min Kolaches One soft enriched dough for sweet cheese kolaches and sausage klobasneks, with wells pressed after the second rise so they stay open. 9-11 min in the basket · 12 kolaches

Air Fryer Frozen Biscuits: Freezer to Table in 12 Minutes

12 min Frozen Biscuits Straight from the bag at 320°F, cooler than instinct says, with one flip at halfway. 12 minutes for standard, 14 to 16 for Grands. 12-16 min in the basket · 4 biscuits

Air Fryer Bagels: Chewy Crust Without Boiling First

13 min Bagels Chewy yeast bagels with no boiling: a stiff dough and a honey glaze that stands in for the boil, baked at 330°F on parchment, never flipped. 11-13 min in the basket · 4 bagels

Air Fryer Scones: Crumbly Edges, Tender Middle

13 min Scones Frozen grated butter, a counted touch budget, and wedges frozen 15 minutes before a 340°F bake to deep gold and 200°F inside. 11-13 min in the basket · 8 scones

Air Fryer English Muffins: Nooks and Crannies, No Griddle

14 min English Muffins A wet no-knead dough cooked griddle style at 300°F with one flip. Real nooks and crannies, pale gold faces, soft white sides. 12-14 min in the basket · 6 muffins

Air Fryer Frozen Croissants: Freezer to Flaky in Minutes

15 min Frozen Croissants Ready-to-bake croissants straight from the freezer at 320°F with no thawing and no flip, plus settings for proof-and-bake and pre-baked kinds. 12-15 min in the basket · 4 croissants

Air Fryer Dinner Rolls: Soft, Pull-Apart, No Oven Required

18 min Dinner Rolls The second rise happens inside the switched-off air fryer with a mug of hot water, then the rolls bake touching at 300°F under a foil tent. 15-18 min in the basket · 8 rolls

Air Fryer Focaccia: Dimpled, Olive-Oiled, Surprisingly Doable

20 min Focaccia No-knead dough at 79 percent hydration in an oiled 7 inch pan at 340°F. Deep dimples full of olive oil, a fried-crisp base, no flipping. 16-20 min in the basket · 6 pieces

Air Fryer Cornbread: Crisp Edges, Tender Crumb

22 min Cornbread Batter poured into a preheated pan of sizzling butter for crisp edges, then 320°F in a 7 inch round until the center reads 200°F. 18-22 min in the basket · 8 wedges

Air Fryer Monkey Bread: Pull-Apart Cinnamon Sugar From a Can

24 min Monkey Bread One can of biscuits, quartered and rolled in cinnamon sugar, baked under brown sugar caramel in a 6 inch pan at 320°F and turned out warm. 20-24 min in the basket · 6 servings

30 min Banana Bread A small-batch loaf from overripe bananas with a lightly crisp top, baked at 325°F for about 30 minutes. 30 min in the basket · 1 small loaf

30 min Homemade Bread A soft, fluffy yeast loaf with a golden crust, made from pantry ingredients and baked at 350°F. The plain sandwich loaf of the collection. 30 min in the basket · 1 loaf

32 min Pumpkin Bread Warmly spiced and mixed in one bowl, baked as two mini loaves at 320°F in about 32 minutes. 32 min in the basket · 2 mini loaves

Air Fryer Lemon Bread: Bright Glaze, Tender Crumb

34 min Lemon Bread Zest rubbed into the sugar, mini loaves tented at 310°F to 205°F inside, and a glaze that goes on only when the loaf is completely cold. 30-34 min in the basket · 2 mini loaves

Air Fryer Zucchini Bread: Moist Center, No Soggy Bottom

37 min Zucchini Bread The zucchini is wrung to a measured half cup of liquid, the loaves bake tented at 310°F, and 205°F in the center calls it, not a toothpick. 33-37 min in the basket · 2 mini loaves

Air Fryer No-Knead Bread: A Crusty Loaf Without a Dutch Oven

40 min No-Knead Bread A wet four-ingredient dough rises 12 to 18 hours, then bakes at 380°F under a foil dome that traps its own steam. No Dutch oven. 35-40 min in the basket · 1 boule

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Why bread temperatures run from 300 to 400°F

A basket is not one oven setting for every dough. What the dough is made of decides how hot it can go before the outside finishes ahead of the middle.

Dough	Setting	Why
Thin flatbreads	400°F, preheated 5 min	Speed is softness. Naan blisters and pita puffs in 3 to 4 minutes, before the inside can dry out
Crusty loaves	380°F under foil	The no-knead boule needs real heat for its crust, and the foil dome traps its own steam first
Enriched rolls	300 to 330°F	Milk, butter, sugar and egg brown fast, so dinner rolls go as low as 300°F
Quick bread loaves	310 to 325°F	Deep batter in a small pan; zucchini and lemon bread also bake tented so the center catches up
Canned and frozen dough	320 to 330°F	Below the oven number on the package, so a tall frozen biscuit or a canned cinnamon roll bakes through before the top overbrowns

Before you bake any of them

Breads fail in two places: a pan or loaf that does not fit the basket with room for air, and pulling it before the center is done. These four tools settle the first, and a cheap thermometer settles the second. They are free, with no signup.

Air Fryer CalculatorTurn any oven bread recipe into basket temperature and time.Convert a recipe → Pan Size CalculatorCheck whether your loaf pan or 7 inch round fits before the dough rises.Check your basket → Recipe ScalerShrink a full-size loaf recipe to the batch your basket actually bakes.Scale a recipe → Running Cost CalculatorWhat a loaf costs in your basket against heating a full oven.Work out the cost →

The guides behind these recipes

Every number on every card came out of these. If a loaf browned before the middle set, a roll came out dense, or the fan blew your dough around, the answer is almost certainly in one of them.

How to bake in an air fryer Times and temperatures chart Oven to air fryer conversion Do you need to preheat Foil and parchment rules How to prevent burning How to avoid dry bakes Troubleshooting baking Baking glossary

Baking something sweeter? The cake collection and the cookies and bars collection pick up where these leave off, the full recipe index adds breakfasts and sides, and the guides index covers the technique behind all of it.