Snacks

Name: Air Fryer Apple Fries
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: 3 large sweet apples; 1 cup flour; 2 large eggs, beaten; 2 tbsp water; 1 cup graham cracker crumbs; 1/4 cup sugar; caramel sauce for dipping

Air Fryer Apple Fries

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My kids love apples. They eat them as fast as I buy them, they don’t care what kind as long as they can eat them. Typically they are grabbing one from the fridge and biting in, nothing special, but sometimes it’s fun to do something different. Like these air fryer apple fries.

Air Fryer Apple Fries in bowl with text overlay

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I did not want an air fryer, in fact, I fought getting one for a number of years because I just couldn’t see us using one enough to justify the cost, and the space that it would take in our kitchen. I was wrong. See there, I admit it, I definitely change my mind since we got ours at the beginning of summer. This apple fries are just one of the many things that we love making in our air fryer now.

What you need:

3 large sweet apples
1 cup flour
2 eggs, beaten
2 tbsp water
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup sugar
caramel sauce for dipping

How to make Air Fryer Apple Fries

This recipe is super easy to make, your kids might just be able to do it themselves, with supervision of course.

Preheat your air fryer to 380 degrees, in my case, I ran it for a few minutes at that temperature to preheat.

Peel, and cut your apples into wedges, removing the core. The thinner you slice your apples the quicker they will cook inside while you wait for the outside to cook.

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Toss your apple slides in flour, covering them completely.

Beat eggs and water together in a shallow bowl.

Mix together grahman cracker crumbs and sugar in another shallow bowl.

Spray the inside of your air fryer with non-stick spray.

Dredge the floured apple pieces in the beaten eggs. Then roll the apple pieces in the sugar/crushed graham cracker mixture. Place into the air fryer. You do not want them to overlap.

Spray the apple pieces with a light coat of non-stick spray.

Air fry the apples in batches at 380 degrees for 5 minutes then turn the apple pieces over and for an additional 2 minutes.

Air Fryer Apple Fries

Yield: 3

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

3 large sweet apples
1 cup flour
2 large eggs, beaten
2 tbsp water
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup sugar
caramel sauce for dipping

Instructions

Preheat air fryer to 380 degrees.
Peel, core, then cut the apples wedges.
Add the flour into a medium-sized bowl. Set aside.
Beat the eggs and water in a shallow dish.
In a second shallow dish combine the crushed graham crackers and sugar. Stir to blend.
Toss the apple slices and flour together in a large bowl.
Dredge the floured apple pieces in the beaten eggs.
Then roll the apple pieces in the sugar/crushed graham cracker mixture.
Coat the bottom of the air fryer basket with non-stick spray.
Do not overlap the apple pieces in the air fryer.
Spray the apple pieces with a light coat of non-stick spray.
Air fry the apples in batches at 380 degrees for 5 minutes then turn the apple pieces over and for an additional 2 minutes.
Serve with caramel sauce.

These are such a delicious and healthy option for as a snack, whether it is for you or your kids.

Chocolate Chip Mini Donuts Recipe

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There is something about mini donuts. They are just a fun snack, no matter your age. We have been loving them, and when you pair them with some hot chocolate in the cooler weather, they are even better. I don’t know why it took me so long to make chocolate chip mini donuts.

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This is an easy to make mini donut recipe. We use this with our mini donut maker, it takes no time at all to have them ready for a snack.

Your kids will not only love to eat them, but they’ll love making them with you too. These are perfect for making with your kids, or for letting them make them themselves.

What you need:

2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup milk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons melted butter
1/2 cup mini semi sweet chocolate chips

How to Make Chocolate Chip Mini Donuts

In a large bowl mix together your flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.

Then add in your milk, eggs, vanilla and melted butter, and continue to mix it until well combined.

Stir in the chocolate chips with a spoon. You could use mini chocolate chips, but I didn’t have anymore on hand from making these before.

Pour batter into your preheated mini donut maker. Don’t forget to use a non-stick spray!

Remove your mini donuts from your mini donut maker to cool on a wire cooling rack. You could add some frosting to these, but I think they are sweet enough without frosting.

Chocolate Chip Mini Donuts

Yield: 24

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 1 minute

Total Time: 11 minutes

Ingredients

2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup milk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons melted butter
1/2 cup mini semi sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

In a large bowl mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, nutmeg and salt. Add milk, eggs, vanilla and butter, continuing to beat it until well combined.
Stir in the chocolate chips with a spoon.
Pour batter into your mini donut maker.
Remove from pan.

How to Make Donuts in A Donut Maker

In case you just got your mini donut maker and you are looking to see exactly how to it, this post is for you: How to Use a Mini Donut Maker. I show you how I do it easily with a Ziploc bag.

I have bought a handle batter dispenser for using when making mini donuts, however, this batter is too thick, and the regular sized chocolate chips wouldn’t move through it easily.

Tools for Making Mini Donuts

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We love using our mini donut maker in our house. It is easy to make a fun, bite sized snack. They are quick to make. And easy enough that anyone can make them no matter your cooking or baking skill level. Plus, there is so much you can do to make your mini donuts yours, between flavors and toppings.

Mini Donut Making Tools

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I am not high take when it comes making anything. The reason we have a mini donut maker in the first place is probably because I bought it impulsively.

Other than my donut maker, I don’t get fancy when I make my mini donuts but I know it could be easier if I had one of those donut making mold fillers. It could simplify filling the molds, versus using a piping bag, or like I do, using a Ziploc bag and a mug.

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Simple Mini Donuts

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Tools for Making Mini Donuts

Having the right tools on hand when you go to make mini donuts at home makes all the difference. Here is what I use, and what I recommend.

Brentwood Mini Donut Maker Machine

Mini donuts slide right off of the non-stick plates making cleanup a snap.

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Donut Maker DIY Baking Tools

This is ideal for making delicious donuts. It makes it easier for filling the mini donut molds without making a mess.

Wilton Perfect Results Non-Stick Donut Pan, 20-Cavity Donut Baking Pan

Extra large donut pan makes a big batch of 20 cake doughnuts all at once. Maybe you want to try to make mini donuts in the oven instead of using a mini donut maker. This pan allows you to do 20 at a time!

Silicone Donut Mold for Baking

Silicone donuts mold for baking mini donuts. You can use a cookie sheet to make mini donuts with these silicone molds.

Nonstick Mini Donut Mold, Donut Baking Tray for 6 Donuts

This donut baking pan is for mini sized donuts and make them in fun shapes.

Tipless Piping Bags

Soft on hands, easy to squeeze, and no need for a metal tip. Just cut the sharp tip of the bag to the size you need, and you’re able to write, outline, flood, etc.

KitchenAid Classic Mixing Bowls

Each bowl has a pour spout, which helps to reduce the chance of spills when transferring mixes. I love bowls, the hand and the pour spout making them great for filling piping bags and other pans when baking.

Mom Life Large 20 oz Ceramic Coffee Mug

20oz mug. I use a mug for my bag to sit in while I fill the mold. A larger mug work a lot better than a standard, smaller mug.

Mini donuts are a fun snack here. They are great and easy to make for movies at home, or a fun summer treat on a picnic.

Lemon Mini Donut Recipe

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These mini donuts are perfect for me. I just love lemon everything, and lemon desserts are a definite favorite. These lemon mini donuts are easy to make, when you are using you mini donut maker, and a crowd pleaser.

Lemon Mini Donut Recipe

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These are relatively simple mini donuts to make. Simple is my favorite way to do things, I don’t have a million hours in a day to make fun treats for my kids and I. With homeschooling, and homesteading, and blogging, my time is filled quite quickly.

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What you need:

1¾ cups all-purpose flour
¼ cup cornstarch
¾ cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
¾ cup milk
2 eggs
2 tablespoons butter, melted
2 tablespoon lemon juice
½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract

How to make Lemon Mini Donuts

This is another easy mini donut recipe prefect for your mini donut maker. We love lemon so it was about time for me to make a lemon donut recipe.

Start by mixing together your dry ingredients and then add in your wet ingredients one at a time mix in between.

I choose to pour my batter into a bag, like a piping bag to make it easier to fill the mini donut maker molds.

Using my mini donut maker keeps the heat out of my kitchen, and we get a fun, easy to make snack, quite quickly as it only take a few minutes to cook each batch.

The little light will turn green with they are finished, they are light brown and fluffy. Set them aside to cool.

Mini Donut Frosting

This time I used lemon juice and icing sugar for our frosting. Wait until your mini donuts have cooled down and then dip them into the frosting.

And then try to save some to share with others.

Lemon Mini Donuts

Yield: 48

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Additional Time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Easy, lemony mini donuts ready in no time at all.

Ingredients

1¾ cups all-purpose flour
¼ cup cornstarch
¾ cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
¾ cup milk
2 eggs
2 tablespoons butter, melted
2 tablespoon lemon juice
½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Instructions

This is another easy mini donut recipe prefect for your mini donut maker. We love lemon so it was about time for me to make a lemon donut recipe.
Start by mixing together your dry ingredients and then add in your wet ingredients one at a time mix in between. I choose to pour my batter into a bag, like a piping bag to make it easier to fill the mini donut maker molds. Using my mini donut maker keeps the heat out of my kitchen, and we get a fun, easy to make snack, quite quickly as it only take a few minutes to cook each batch.
The little light will turn green with they are finished, they are light brown and fluffy. Set them aside to cool.

How to Use a Mini Donut Maker

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A mini donut maker is a very easy appliance to use. They are straightforward enough that you can let your kids make mini donuts. We love making mini donuts around here, it is an easy, fast snack to make any day of the week for a sweet treat.

How to Make Donuts with a Donut Maker

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The first thing you need to do is to decide on how you are going to bake your mini donuts. We only have a mini donut maker, but you can buy trays and bake them in your oven as well. There are a lot of different brand-name donut makers to choose from.

Now, you are going to mix up your mini donut maker recipe. Could be the vanilla simple mini donuts, or maybe some chocolate mini donuts, or live on the wild side, and make both! Both are very easy to make.

You don’t have to use one of these recipes though, you can use almost any mini donut recipe in your donut maker.

Making a Piping Bag to Make Mini Donuts

I make a piping bag out of a Ziploc bag. Put the corner of the bag into a large mug, fold the open bag open over the mug. I pour or scrape my mini donut batter into the Ziploc bag.

You can seal the bag but you don’t have to, but make sure to squeeze the air out of the top of the bag. Twist the bag above the batter.

Snip the corner off. Not too big, or you’ll have too much batter into your mold, too small, and you risk popping your bag. I have finally managed to find find the perfect size.

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How to Make Donuts in Donut Maker

Preheat your donut maker. Each donut maker is going to be different. Read your instructions to see how exactly your appliance works.

Now that you have your mini donut recipe batter ready to go you can make mini donuts.

Make sure to a non-stick spray before you fill your molds.

I pipe my batter into my preheated donut maker molds. This allows me to easily fill the molds with my batter without overfilling and making a mess and to make sure they are completely filled.

Mine has two little lights on the top. Orange and green. When I plug my appliance in the orange light comes on. It turns green when it is preheated. When I fill and then close my mini donut maker the orange light is the only one on. The green light will come on when my mini donuts are ready to be removed.

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