Air Fryer Bread is easy to make, requires no kneading and tastes delicious! Follow my easy no-knead air fryer bread recipe to bake fluffy bread with a golden crust and soft crumb. Perfect for toast or making sandwiches.
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Air fryers are easy to use, take up little space and are much cheaper to run than the oven. No wonder they are flying off the shelves and no surprise that more and more people are looking for air frying recipes.
I have been using my Tower Xpress Pro daily to make roast beef, cook chicken, bake cakes and, lately, make bread.
Because, YES you CAN bake bread in an air fryer! It is easy and you can save on your energy bills too. What are you waiting for?
HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED
As with all bread recipes you need four basic ingredients: flour, yeast, salt and water. I have added some sugar and a little melted butter to enhance the flavor. You will need a deep cake tin that fits easily into your air fryer. I used a 7 inch cake pan.
- Bread flour (all-purpose flour can also be used, see notes in the recipe card)
- Rapid rise yeast (doesn’t need to be activated first)
- Sugar or honey
- Salt
- Water
- Melted butter or clarified butter (ghee)
HOW TO MAKE AIR FRYER BREAD
Full measurements and instructions can be found on the printable recipe card at the bottom of the page. Please take a look at the steps and video before attempting this recipe!
Measure the flour, sugar, salt and yeast into a mixing bowl. Stir to combine the dry ingredients. Pour in the water and melted butter. Mix together with a spoon or a dough hook until there are no dry streaks of flour and you have a shaggy, sticky dough.
You do not have to knead this dough but you can, if you have time, do a couple of “stretch and folds” after the dough has rested for 15 minutes. Grease your hands with a little oil and stretch one corner of the bread from the underside over to the middle. Turn the bowl and repeat this action a few times.
Cover with a clean towel and place someplace warm to rise for an hour. I usually put the bread in the (turned off) microwave or the oven to prove.
Tip the dough onto a lightly floured worktop. Gently stretch the dough to a rectangular shape. Fold the top towards the middle then the bottom over that, as you would fold a letter to place in an envelope.
Turn sideways and fold into a roll. Use your hands to shape the bread into a ball shape (also known as a “boule”) dusting with flour as needed.
Place the shaped dough in a greased 7 inch cake pan, loosely cover and leave to rise for half an hour. Meanwhile, preheat the Air Fryer to 400°F (200°C) for five minutes. Score the top of the bread with a knife and brush the sides with a little melted butter so it doesn’t stick.
Place the pan in your air fryer and cook for 15 minutes at 400°F (200°C). Lower the heat to 350°F (180°C) and continue to cook for 30 minutes.
Remove the pan from the air fryer (using pot holders) and take the bread out. Place the loaf back in the air fryer to cook for a further 5-10 minutes to allow for the bottom of the bread to bake evenly. Cool on a wire rack before slicing with a bread knife.
TROUBLESHOOTING
Air Fryers can vary wildly in their wattage and size, all of which will affect how the bread bakes. You may need to adjust the time and temperature to suit your air fryer model.
I have tested this recipe in my Tower Xpress Pro (which is front loading like an oven) and a Cosori 5.5 Quart Air Fryer. The timings in the recipe work for both these models.
The only tricky thing about air fryer bread is that the bottom tends to be a bit doughy while the top looks perfectly baked. Flipping the bread over or cooking directly in the air fryer basket for a few minutes gets around this issue.
HOW CAN I TELL IF THE BREAD IS BAKED?
Tap on the bottom of the bread and if you hear a hollow sounds then the bread should be cooked all the way through. Alternatively use an instant read digital thermometer to check if the internal temperature at the core is about 200°F (over 95°C).
STORING YOUR BREAD
The best way to store bread is to slice it and freeze it. You can then toast slices from frozen as and when you need them. The bread can also be placed in a bread bag or wrapped in a linen towel for up to three days.
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Air Fryer Bread
Ingredients
- 3 cups (360g) white bread flour or see notes
- 2 ¼ tsp rapid rise yeast (one packet)
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 cup (240ml) water , lukewarm
- 2 tbsp melted butter or ghee, plus extra for greasing
Instructions
- Measure the flour, sugar, salt and yeast into a mixing bowl. Stir to combine the dry ingredients.
- Pour in the water and melted butter. Mix together with a spoon or a dough hook until there are no dry streaks of flour and you have a shaggy, sticky dough.
- You do not have to knead this dough but you can, if you have time, do a couple of “stretch and folds”. Grease your hands with a little oil and stretch one corner of the bread from the underside over to the middle. Turn the bowl and repeat this action a few times.
- Cover with a clean towel and place someplace warm to rise for an hour.
- Tip the dough onto a lightly floured worktop. Gently stretch the dough to a rectangular shape. Fold the top towards the middle then the bottom over that, as you would fold a letter to place in an envelope.
- Turn sideways and fold into a roll. Use your hands to shape the bread into a ball shape (also known as a “boule”) dusting with flour as needed.
- Place it in a greased 7 inch cake pan, cover and leave to rise for half an hour.
- Preheat the Air Fryer to 400°F (200°C) for five minutes. Score the top of the bread with a knife and brush the sides with a little melted butter so it doesn’t stick.
- Place the pan in your air fryer and cook for 15 minutes at 400°F (200°C). Lower the heat to 350°F (180°C) and continue to cook for 25 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the air fryer (using pot holders) and take the bread out. Place the bread back in the air fryer to cook for a further 5 minutes to allow for the bottom of the bread to bake evenly.
- Check the bread is done by tapping the underside – it should sound hollow. If the bread still feels doughy, continue to air fry for a few more minutes (Air Fryers can vary from brand to brand so keep that in mind).
- Cool on a wire rack before slicing.
Olga Green says
My dough didn’t rise a lot, but I believe it’s because of the yeast I used. But the taste and texture of the bread is absolutely amazing! And air fryer does a wonderful job with baking! We loved it! I’m gonna use this recipe again!
Lucy Parissi says
Awesome Olga, so glad to hear it 🙂
Gerry Mellough says
easy and tasty.
Kevin Sheffield says
Great to see you make this work.
Way too much salt!
Salt for a loaf like that should be about 1.5% of the four weight.
3/4 tsp here.
You won’t get more than a sandwich type loaf with those temperatures. Bu, I’m impressed it can bake at all.
Kudos!
C says
This bread is ok. The taste and texture are fine but not memorable.
The top of the bread started getting brown almost immediately. I placed apartment paper around the loaf to stop it from burning further.
Valerie Owens says
how do you pre vent the top and bottom burning? i removed the bread early and the centre was not quite baked.
Lucy Parissi says
It should not burn – if it does you can reduce the temp a bit. You do have to flip the bread over to make sure the bottom is baked through.
Jacqueline King says
Just finished smelling lovely I have to distract myself to stop from cutting while it’s still 🙂
Janet Bennett says
Great video going to try this recipe now thanks