Biscuits In Air Fryer

You will love biscuits in air fryer. These flaky American style biscuits are made with less salt, and feature both honey and buttermilk.

Whether you live in the UK and would call them a homemade dumpling or a savoury scone, or in the US and would call them buttermilk biscuits, they are delicious cooked in the air fryer.

Biscuits In An Air Fryer

Those of you that read Recipe This regularly will know that we live in the UK and are lucky enough to have readers from around the globe. From the UK where we live to the US to Canada to Australia to South Africa and so many great places.

What you might not know is that I also had an American family. Two of my mums’ sisters married American soldiers in the 1960’s and relocated to the United States, long before I was born. (My aunts sadly have since passed away).

This meant that whenever they were visiting us in the UK when I was growing up there was always an American food influence. My mum loved it because she got to try food long before it had become popular.

It also means that I have a better than most knowledge of American Vs British cuisine and that over the years I have learnt more and more cooking terms. Plus, many of our American readers have helped us out over the years, which I am truly grateful for.

Air Fryer Biscuits Vs UK Dumplings

Whilst in the UK we would often load up our stew with our air fryer suet dumplings, these American-inspired biscuits are like making a suet-free version with a similar dough to savoury scones, then adding in some extra salt.

They are delicious and a good vegetarian alternative to dumplings and the buttermilk makes them so fluffy and delicious. 

The Complete Air Fryer Cookbook

The Complete Air Fryer cookbook is our debut air fryer cookbook which we published in September 2023. It has sold more than 160,000 copies and is still selling well. In it we have how to make homemade savoury scones with cheese. But underneath you will find how to adapt it for flaky American biscuits. It’s filled with more than 140 everyday recipes and a good baking selection to get you started.

Read more about The Complete Air Fryer Cookbook here.

Can You Make Biscuits In An Air Fryer?

YES YES YES! Can I shout from the roof tops and say how amazing the air fryer is for cooking delicious homemade biscuits????

They cook them so well and give you a wonderful crunch on the outside and a tender in the dough in the centre.

You can also load them over your stew in the slow cooker such as our slow cooker vegetable stew and they are perfect for the winter months when you want comfort food.

What Is The Secret To An Excellent Biscuit?

The secret to an excellent biscuit is the layers. Rolling out your dough and then folding it over again and again, and then it has the markings similar to puff pastry and rises so well and becomes so fluffy and light.

Should You Chill Biscuit Dough Before Baking?

Its personal choice whether or not you chill the biscuit dough before baking. We have found that we get the best results when we have made the dough and then placed the biscuits straight into the air fryer.

Is It Better To Use Milk Or Water For Biscuits?

For the best results, and for flaky biscuits we recommend milk in both biscuits and in scones. They give an amazing fluffy texture. If you can opt for buttermilk over regular whole milk.

What About Ninja Air Fryer Biscuits?

If you have a Ninja, then it’s just the same method for baking biscuits in an air fryer. If you have the dual drawer option then you can do a larger batch, match the drawers and get them cooked quicker. If you have the Ninja Foodi (this is the one we have) you can use the slow cooker or pressure cooker to make a stew or casserole, then use the air fryer button for the biscuits.

Air Fryer Biscuit Recipe Ingredients

Flour – We recommend opting for self raising (self rising in the US) as then you need less ingredients and it helps the biscuits rise.

Butter – For biscuits its better to use salted butter rather than unsalted. It adds to its amazing flavour too.

Buttermilk – Not just any milk for yummy homemade biscuits in air fryer, but buttermilk. It makes such a HUGE difference when baking. If you have leftover buttermilk, use it in one of our air fryer KFC recipes.

Salt – The fourth main ingredient for homemade biscuits is the salt. We have toned it down a little as we do find traditional biscuits way too salty for our taste. So you can add more if you prefer.

Honey – Honey mixed with buttermilk towards the end of the cooking time gives a wonderful golden glow to the biscuits but also adds a wonderful, sweet taste too.

Can You Recommend An Air Fryer?

I often get asked which air fryers I recommend and which one I use. In 95% of our air fryer recipes, we use either the Philips Air Fryer XL or the Cosori XL because they are the best ones, we have found out of many air fryers we have tried over the years. You can click on the links above and read up on them. But if you would rather have a dual air fryer we recommend this Ninja Dual (make sure you order the right one as not all are good) or the Philips Dual.

How To Cook Biscuits In Air Fryer?

• Start. Because we are making air fryer biscuits from scratch lets start with the dough. Add the flour and butter into the bowl along with the salt and rub the fat into the flour until it resembles breadcrumbs.
• Mix. Next create a well in your flour and add the buttermilk and then the honey. Use a wooden spoon or spatula to mix the wet ingredients into the dry, until you almost have a dough. Then use your hand to form into a big soft dough ball.  
• Roll. Now for the main technique of biscuit air fryer dough, roll out the dough with a floured worktop and floured rolling pin and once rolled flat. Fold the dough over several times and then rinse and repeat another 3 times. This will create the layers of the biscuit dough. If making ahead you can now wrap the dough in cling film
• Cutters. Then roll out the dough a final time and use biscuit cutters to make into biscuits. For really tall biscuits we recommend rolling the dough to ¾ inch thick before cutting. 
• Cook. Next place the biscuits in the air fryer and air fry for 8 minutes at 180c/360f or until golden.
• Golden. For even better biscuits mix together honey and buttermilk and brush over the tops of the biscuits before air frying.

Now that is how simple it is baking biscuits in air fryer and now it’s your turn.

How Long To Cook Biscuits In Air Fryer?

We recommend just 8 minutes for cooking biscuits in the air fryer. If you have a really thick dough and are aiming for large ones, then I would increase this to 10 minutes.

What Temperature Do You Cook Biscuits In An Air Fryer?

The ideal temperature for biscuits in the air fryer is 180c/360f. Don’t go any higher as it will cook the biscuits from the top and not get the centre cooked and all fluffy.

How To Warm Up Biscuits In Air Fryer?

When we were recipe testing our air fryer biscuits recipe we did lots of batches as we experimented and got the recipe spot on for you. We stored the leftover biscuits in an airtight container and then warmed up the biscuits in the air fryer.

We reheated biscuits in the air fryer for 3 minutes at 180c/360f.

Sam & Doms Top Tips For Success

It’s all about those layers of the biscuit pastry. This is what makes them just like the biscuits you have had in a restaurant or in a café.

Take your time to roll out the biscuit pastry at least 3 times and then folding it over to create several layers as this is what makes your flaky layers.

Plus, if you love comfort food also try: slow cooker sausage and bean casserole, slow cooker sausages in onion gravy, Ninja foodi chicken pot pie, or what about an air fryer chocolate mug cake for your sweet tooth.

These air fryer biscuits are an updated post having originally shared them with you back in 2017.

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Biscuits In Air Fryer

You will love biscuits in air fryer. These flaky American style biscuits are made with less salt, and feature both honey and buttermilk.

Prep Time8 minutes mins

Cook Time8 minutes mins

Total Time16 minutes mins

Course: Dessert, Side Dish, Snack

Cuisine: Air Fryer

Servings: 9

Calories: 237kcal

Author: Recipe This

Ingredients

• 300 g Self-Raising Flour
• 115 g Salted Butter room temperature
• 120 ml Buttermilk
• 1 Tbsp Clear Honey
• 1 Tsp Salt

For Brushing

• 1 Tbsp Clear Honey
• 2 Tbsp Buttermilk

Metric – Imperial

Instructions

• Place into a bowl the flour and salt and rub the fat into the flour, until it resembles breadcrumbs.
  
• Make a hole in the centre, pour in the buttermilk followed by the honey and use a wooden spoon or spatula to gradually mix the dry ingredients into the wet.
  
• Flour your hands and a rolling pin generously and bring the dough together and then knead on a floured worktop.
  
• To knead biscuits, we recommend folding one side into the centre, then the other side on top and then turning the dough horizontally and then gently flattening into ½ to ¾ inch thickness. Then repeat the folding and rolling one last time. This creates the amazing fluffy lines similar to if you were to make homemade puff pastry.
  
• Finally roll the biscuits dough to ½ to ¾ inch thick (depending how you like them). Use a medium cookie cutter to then cut into biscuit circles.
  
• Spread out in the air fryer basket.
  
• Then mix in a little bowl the extra honey and buttermilk. Brush over the tops of the biscuits using a pastry brush.
  
• Air fry the biscuits for 8 minutes at 180c/360f or until golden.
  

Notes

Please note This air fryer biscuit recipe was tested in our Cosori air fryer XL basket. (its this one) and our Ninja Dual (this one) Air fryers vary so adjust if necessary, depending on the quality of your air fryer.

Or consult the temperature test on page 18 of The Complete Air Fryer Cookbook. Swaps. You can swap like for like the honey for maple syrup instead – its just as yummy!

Nutrition

Calories: 237kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 359mg | Potassium: 62mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 348IU | Vitamin C: 0.02mg | Calcium: 28mg | Iron: 0.3mg

Nutrition InfoPlease Note: Nutrition values are our best estimate based on the software we use at Recipe This and are meant as a guide. If you rely on them for your diet, use your preferred nutrition calculator.

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