Air Fryer Donuts

Add the milk, shortening and sugar to a mixing bowl (or the bowl of your stand mixer) and heat in the microwave until the shortening starts to melt. Stir to combine and allow it to cool slightly.

Stir in the egg, glycerine, vanilla, nutmeg and salt. Check the temperature – it should be just lukewarm.

Sift the flour and yeast into the liquid ingredients and stir to combine until you have a shaggy dough. Beat the dough using an electric hand mixer fitted with dough hooks or using a stand mixer. Alternatively rest the dough for ten minutes then stretch and fold with your hands until it becomes elastic.

Cover the bowl and allow the dough to rise until doubled. The timing will depend on how warm your kitchen is – in the summer an hour should be sufficient.

Punch the dough down to deflate. Turn it out on a lightly floured worktop and roll the dough out to ½ inch thickness. Cut out the donuts – depending on the size of your cutter you will get 8-12 donuts and donut holes.

If you don’t own a donut cutter you can use any round cutter or a glass and cut out the centres using the underside of a piping tip or a shot glass.

Leave the donuts to rise again for 30 minutes. Spray them with oil or brush with melted butter.

Spray the Air fryer basket with oil and place 3-4 donuts to the Air Fryer basket spaced slightly apart. Air fry at 350F (180C) until golden brown, about 4 minutes. Repeat with remaining donuts and holes.

You will need to make this just before cooking the first batch of donuts. Melt the butter in a small saucepan. Stir the sugar in then add the vanilla extract and the water, a tablespoon at a time, until you have a glaze that drips slowly off the spoon in a steady stream.

Dip the donuts in the glaze while they are still warm and place on a wire rack to dry. Share and enjoy!