Air Fryer Peach Fritters

Air Fryer Peach Fritters made with homemade dough are the perfect breakfast to make with all those delicious summer peaches. Crazy easy to make and ready in just 20 minutes.

There’s one thing that everyone must have when we hit the donut shop – fritters! Doesn’t matter what flavor, they all go nuts for them.

But I never want to go through all the hassle and mess of making the dough and frying them – with all that oil and then the cleanup. No thank you.

So I decided I’d give them a go in the air fryer and they turned out great. It’s clean, it’s easy, and oh so delicious.

What I love about this recipe is that the batter comes together quickly and it isn’t complicated. Then you just drop portions of it into the air fryer and let them cook.

While I love my traditional apple fritter recipe – this is so much easier and I can’t wait to make this recipe again with all our apples once we pick them from the orchard. So good!

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Here are some commonly asked questions

Can this recipe be made with other types of fruit?

You bet! If you want to make this with other stone fruit like nectarines or apricots that would be delicious too. You can also make these fritters with apples, pears, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, and our favorite, huckleberries.

What are the benefits of air frying?

Healthier

It’s no secret that fried foods are more fattening – but did you know that there are 9 calories in every gram of fat? With air frying, we can reduce the fat by removing most of the oils usually needed to create crunchy foods. This helps to drastically reduce fat intake and calories.

Convenience

I love being able to cook with my air fryer and eliminate the need for large baking sheets and lots of pots and pans. Most of my air fryer recipes can be made with just a mixing bowl or two or a small saucepan in addition to my air fryer.

Energy Efficient

Someone said to me once, “why make this in the air fryer if you can do it the conventional way in the same amount of time?” Well, air frying helps eliminate the need for a conventional oven.

Not only can you keep your home cooler in the summer by not using the oven, but you are saving money with reduced energy consumption costs as well.

Time Saver

I don’t know about you, but if I can avoid turning on the oven and having to wait 20 minutes for it to preheat, I’m happy about that. Most air fryer recipes either don’t require that you preheat the fryer – or the preheat time is 5 minutes or less. That is a huge time saver over using the oven.

Take it on the go

I love that the air fryer is compact and easy to take along on trips. We pack ours in our RV and find that air fryer cooking while camping is so much easier than trying to deep fry foods on a small RV stove or camping burner.

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How Air Frying Works

While air fryers are relatively new to the market, the technology isn’t really a new concept. They basically work like tiny convection ovens that you can use on your countertop.

Similar to a convection oven, it circulates the hot air within the cooking area using a high-powered fan. This helps evenly distribute the heat around the food which not only creates more evenly cooked food but also reduced cooking times.

By circulating the hot air, which contains the fine oil droplets from adding a light mist layer before cooking, and allows you to remove the need for submerging our foods in heavy oils to create the deliciously crunchy foods we all love.

How to make Air Fryer Peach Fritters

1. Line the air fryer basket with parchment paper and set it aside.
2. In a large bowl, combine the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, and cinnamon.
3. Add in the milk, egg, and melted butter and stir to combine– mix just until no large lumps of flour remain.
4. Next, fold in the peaches.
5. Drop two tablespoon-sized fritters onto the parchment paper and cook them at 365 for 8-10 minutes, or until they are gold brown on the outside.
6. Transfer to a cooling rack and repeat until all the batter is used.
7. Enjoy while warm and store any leftovers in an airtight container at room temperature for up to two days.

Ingredients for Air Fried Peach Fritters

• all-purpose flour
• granulated sugar
• baking powder
• ground cinnamon
• milk
• large egg
• butter – melted
• peach – diced
• Spray canola oil – opt

Air Frying Doneness Tip

Every air fryer is a bit different and they all cook at different rates – so in general, all cooking times are approximate based on the pan and temperature.

You can always cook the recipe longer if needed and reduce the heat a bit. If needed, you can tent the top if it is browning too much.

How to prevent sticking in the air fryer

Sticking can often happen when using an air fryer. I understand that most would think to add non-stick spray to the basket to prevent this. I strongly encourage you to not do that.

Non-stick spray leaves a coating that won’t come off, even when washed. Over time – this will build up and cause smoking when you use our air fryer.

I also do not recommend putting down a sheet of foil. The idea behind air frying is to allow the air to circulate around the food.

This is why the basket or tray has holes in it. If you put foil down – this prevents the air from reaching all of the areas it needs to in order for it to cook properly.

Instead – I recommend spraying the basket with olive oil using this spray bottle. You can line the air fryer with perforated parchment paper.

Or you can use one of these really great silicone liners that still allow for airflow but are reusable and easily cleanable.

I have a bake option and other special features on my air fryer, is that the setting? Or do you put it on “air fry” setting?

All of my recipes were created with an air fryer that had only a temperature & timer setting – since not all air fryers have all the additional settings.

You can use the bake setting when making recipes that you would traditionally bake – but if possible, please just set the temperature & time for this recipe.

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