Glazed Donuts in an Air Fryer

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Ingredients:

Make the yeast foam.

Add 1 tablespoon of granulated sugar, 2 1/4 teaspoons of dried active yeast, 1/2 cup of warm water, and 1/4 cup of warm milk (108 degrees Fahrenheit) to a large measuring cup.
Give the yeast mixture five minutes or so to rise and foam. Throw it away and use fresh yeast if it doesn’t froth up.

Fill the mixer with everything.

Add the following ingredients to a stand mixer: 1 egg, 1 egg yolk, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (leveled out and spooned), 1/4 cup unsalted melted butter, 1/3 cup granulated sugar, and ½ teaspoon salt. After that, place the hook attachment on and add the yeast mixture.
To integrate the flour into the liquids, start mixing on low speed. After that, increase the speed to a high level and beat for five minutes. Next, use a scraper to clean the beater bowl’s sides.
Add 1 tablespoon of flour at a time if the dough appears too sticky. Between each addition of flour, make sure to thoroughly mix and scrape down the sides of the basin. The donuts will be overly dry if you use too much flour. They ought to feel a little sticky to the touch.

Allow the dough to rise.

Now put the dough in a big basin that has been oiled, and cover it with plastic wrap or a kitchen towel. The dough should double in size after roughly one hour of rising.
Punch the dough down to eliminate air bubbles when it’s ready. Next, move it to a surface dusted with flour.

Cut out the doughnuts after rolling it out.

Roll out the dough with a rolling pin until it is about 1/2 inch thick. Cut out as many donuts as you can with a donut cutter or two biscuit cutters of varying sizes. After that, cut out more donuts and reshape the leftovers. Until you run out of scraps, keep doing this. My larger biscuit cutter was 4 inches in diameter and the smaller one was 1 1/4 inches in diamter.

After one more rise, air-fry

Now place the cut out donuts on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper then cover them lightly and let them rise again for about 20-30 minutes.
Set your air fryer’s temperature to 345 degrees F. Then spray the air fryer basket with cooking spray.
Now place a few donuts into the air fryer basket and spray them with some more cooking spray. Make sure that the donuts are not touching.
Air fry the donuts for about 4 minutes. Repeat this process with the remaining donuts and donut holes. Then transfer the donuts onto a plate lined with paper towels.

Make the glaze and dip while the donuts are warm

To make the glaze, in a large bowl combine 2 cups powdered sugar, 1/4 cup milk, 1 tablespoon light corn syrup, and 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract.
While the donuts are warm dip them in the glaze and let them set on a cooling rack. The glaze sets shinier when the donuts are hot, so you don’t want to let them cool down first.