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Air Fryer Breakfast & Sweets Recipes
Morning staples and simple sweet finishes, from eggs to baked apples. Every recipe here puts the time and temperature first, explains how to tell doneness without guesswork, and answers the questions home cooks actually ask about it.
Quick times for this category
| Food | Temperature | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Eggs (hard 'boiled') | 270°F / 130°C | 16 min |
| Baked apples (whole) | 350°F / 175°C | 18 min |
| Eggs (hard, in shell) | 270°F / 130°C | 15–17 min |
| Bacon slices | 400°F / 200°C | 8–10 min |
| Garlic bread | 350°F / 175°C | 4 min |
| Grilled cheese | 375°F / 190°C | 6–8 min |
| Cinnamon rolls (canned) | 340°F / 171°C | 9–10 min |
| Donuts (biscuit dough) | 350°F / 177°C | 5–7 min |
| French toast sticks | 375°F / 190°C | 6–9 min |
| Pizza bagels | 375°F / 190°C | 5–7 min |
| Apple chips | 300°F / 150°C | 15–20 min |
| Breakfast potatoes (½-inch dice) | 400°F / 200°C | 18–20 min |
| Banana bread (mini loaves) | 320°F / 160°C | 25–30 min |
| Chocolate chip cookies | 325°F / 160°C | 8–9 min |
| Breakfast sausage links | 380°F / 190°C | 9–12 min |
| Churros (piped, chilled) | 375°F / 190°C | 8–12 min |
| Apple fritters (⅓-cup mounds) | 360°F / 180°C | 11–12 min |
| S'mores (open-face, then capped) | 350°F / 175°C | 3–5 min |
| Egg bites (silicone mold) | 300°F / 150°C | 12–15 min |
| Hash browns (from scratch, shredded) | 390°F / 195°C | 14–16 min |
| Grilled peaches (halved) | 350°F / 175°C | 9–11 min |
| French toast (thick brioche) | 350°F / 175°C | 8–10 min |
All breakfast & sweets recipes
Air Fryer Eggs (Jammy to Hard-Boiled)
Eggs in the air fryer take 9–17 minutes at 270°F (130°C), depending on the yolk you want: about 10 minutes for jammy, 15–17 for fully hard. There is n…
Air Fryer Baked Apples (Cinnamon & Oats)
Whole baked apples take about 18 minutes at 350°F (175°C) in the air fryer — tender all the way through, with a cinnamon-oat filling that turns butter…
Air Fryer Eggs (Soft, Jammy & Hard — Easy Peel)
Eggs cook in the air fryer at 270°F (130°C) with no water at all: 9–11 minutes for soft, 12–14 for jammy, 15–17 for hard. The detail that makes or bre…
Air Fryer Bacon (Crisp, Flat, No Splatter)
Bacon takes 8–10 minutes at 400°F (200°C) for regular slices and 11–14 for thick-cut, checked early and often because the line between crisp and burnt…
Air Fryer Garlic Bread (Golden in 4 Minutes)
Garlic bread takes 3–5 minutes at 350°F (175°C) in the air fryer — the gentler temperature is deliberate, because garlic butter burns fast and the bre…
Air Fryer Grilled Cheese (Mayo Crust)
The air fryer makes an elite grilled cheese — both sides crisp at once, no pan babysitting — with two adaptations. First, the fat: mayonnaise on the o…
Air Fryer Cinnamon Rolls (Canned, Gooey)
Canned dough in an air fryer is a heat-management problem: the sugary tops brown in minutes while the spiralled centres are still raw. The answer the …
Air Fryer Donuts (Biscuit Dough)
Ten minutes from a tube of biscuit dough to a plate of warm donuts — the air fryer's favourite party trick, done properly here. The hole is functional…
Air Fryer French Toast Sticks (Crispy)
French toast sticks live or die in the dip bowl, before the fryer ever sees them. The field's sharpest knowledge is a timing choice: a quick 2-second …
Air Fryer Pizza Bagels
Pizza bagels fail from underneath: the top looks perfect while the base steams itself doughy under the sauce. A two-minute pre-toast of the plain bage…
Air Fryer Apple Chips
Apple chips are dried, not fried — the one recipe here where low heat beats high. At 300 degrees the slices give up their water slowly enough that the…
Air Fryer Breakfast Potatoes (Home Fries)
Diner home fries are a timing puzzle: the potatoes need twenty minutes, the onion and pepper need eight, and putting them in together burns the vegeta…
Air Fryer Banana Bread (Mini Loaves)
Banana bread in an air fryer succeeds or fails on pan size. A full loaf pan is too deep for circulating heat — the top scorches over a raw centre. Min…
Air Fryer Chocolate Chip Cookies
Air fryer cookies live or die on spread. The fan's fierce heat melts butter fast, and warm dough becomes one giant lace cookie before the flour can se…
Air Fryer Breakfast Sausage (Links & Patties)
Breakfast sausage is the air fryer's easiest breakfast win — no splattering pan, no turning links in a skillet — with one non-negotiable: sausage is g…
Air Fryer Churros
Air fryer churros stand or fall on two steps the shortcuts skip: the piped dough must be CHILLED before cooking, or the star-tip ridges melt flat — an…
Air Fryer Apple Fritters
Air fryer fritters have one enemy the deep fryer never meets: raw apple moisture. In a basket there is no oil bath to drive it off, so wet apples stea…
Air Fryer S'mores
The air fryer has a fan strong enough to blow a marshmallow clean off a cracker — every top recipe for this treat opens with that problem. The fix is …
Air Fryer Egg Bites (Starbucks Style)
Egg bites are the rare air fryer recipe that wants LESS heat. At 350°F and above the outsides set fast and rubbery while the centres lag; at 300°F the…
Air Fryer Hash Browns (From Scratch)
Homemade hash browns fail for one reason, and every top recipe names it: water. Wet shreds steam, clump and go gummy no matter how hot the fryer runs.…
Air Fryer Grilled Peaches
A peach in the air fryer is a race between ripeness and caramel: the riper the fruit, the faster its sugars colour and the softer it goes. This method…
Air Fryer French Toast
French toast fails in the air fryer at the soak, not the cook: too brief and the centre is dry bread wearing an egg coat; too long and the slice falls…