Air fryer bread recipes sound a little ambitious until you remember that the air fryer is basically a small convection oven sitting on the counter. It can handle a quick batch of garlic bread, but it can also turn out homemade knots, focaccia, biscuits, bagels, buns, and rolls without asking you to heat the whole kitchen.
These eight recipes all come from For Frying Out Loud, and there is a pretty good mix here. Some start with yeast and need time to rise. Some use a prepared loaf so you can have bread on the table in a few minutes. Four of them are low-carb options because apparently bread was not willing to sit this one out.
Use the link in each section for the complete ingredients and instructions. Air fryers can cook a little differently from one model to the next, so follow the temperature in the individual recipe, start checking when it tells you to, and make sure the center is baked through before calling it done.
Which air fryer bread recipe should you make?
If dinner is already happening and you just need something bready beside it, go straight to the garlic bread. The buttermilk biscuits keep the ingredient list short, while the garlic knots and focaccia are for the days when making the dough from scratch sounds good. The second half of the list covers keto biscuits, low-carb buns, keto bagels, and keto rolls, so breakfast and burger night both get an answer.
1. Air Fryer Garlic Bread
This is the fastest recipe in the group. Start with one-inch slices of French bread, spread them with a mixture of softened salted butter, garlic, Parmesan, and Italian seasoning, then cook the slices at 350°F (175°C) for 5 minutes. The recipe makes eight slices, although the number that fits in one batch depends on the size of your basket.
The individual recipe also includes directions for frozen garlic bread and reheating leftovers. Get the air fryer garlic bread recipe.
2. Air Fryer Garlic Knots
These garlic knots are made from scratch with bread flour and active dry yeast. The dough rises for an hour, then the eight shaped knots get another 15 minutes before cooking. Brush them with the garlic, butter, and olive oil mixture, add Italian seasoning and Parmesan, and air fry at 370°F (188°C) for 8 minutes.
The actual air-fryer part is quick. It is the dough that needs you to plan ahead a little, as dough tends to do. Get the air fryer garlic knots recipe.
3. Air Fryer Focaccia Bread
Six ingredients turn into two focaccia loaves in this recipe. After the dough rises, divide it in half, shape each piece into a small rectangle, and press in the familiar dimples. Each loaf cooks at 370°F (188°C) for 10 minutes with a flip after 6 minutes.
Serve it as an appetizer or side dish, or slice it for sandwiches. Since the recipe makes two loaves and cooks them one at a time, remember to leave room for that second batch. Get the air fryer focaccia recipe.
4. Air Fryer Buttermilk Biscuits
These homemade biscuits use four ingredients: cold salted butter, self-rising flour, salt, and buttermilk. The dough is pressed into a rectangle and cut into eight squares, so there is no biscuit cutter and no pile of scraps waiting to be rerolled.
Cook them at 320°F (160°C) and begin checking at 10 minutes. Depending on the air fryer, biscuit size, and how golden you prefer the tops, they may need up to about 15 minutes. Check that the centers are baked through instead of letting the timer make the final decision. Get the air fryer buttermilk biscuit recipe.
5. Keto Air Fryer Biscuits
The low-carb half of the list starts with drop biscuits made from almond flour, baking powder, salt, sour cream, melted butter, and eggs. Mix the dough, chill it for 5 minutes so it can firm up, then scoop six biscuits into the basket with room between them.
They cook at 300°F (150°C) for 10 to 12 minutes, until golden brown and firm. No rolling or cutting is required, which is a perfectly reasonable thing to appreciate about a biscuit. Get the keto air fryer biscuit recipe.
6. Low-Carb Air Fryer Buns
These buns skip the usual fathead-dough approach. Almond flour, Greek yogurt, an egg, unflavored protein powder, ground flaxseed, baking soda, and salt go into the batter, which is divided between two four-inch springform pans or oven-safe ramekins.
The recipe makes two buns and cooks them at 350°F (175°C) for 10 minutes. Check the centers with a toothpick, let the buns cool, then slice and toast them if you want. Get the low-carb air fryer bun recipe.
7. Keto Air Fryer Bagels
These keto bagels use a fathead-style dough built around almond flour and mozzarella. The recipe leaves cream cheese out of the dough, which also leaves the top wide open for however much cream cheese breakfast requires.
Shape the dough into six bagels or bagel bites, let them sit for 5 minutes, brush on the egg wash, and cook at 350°F (175°C) for 10 minutes. Flip them halfway through and let them cool completely before eating. Get the keto air fryer bagel recipe.
8. Keto Air Fryer Rolls
The final recipe is another take on fathead dough, this time shaped into eight dinner rolls. Almond flour, mozzarella, butter, baking powder, and vinegar form the dough. The egg stays out of the dough and is used in the wash on top.
Air fry the rolls at 350°F (175°C) for 10 minutes, flipping halfway through, then let them set and cool completely. They work as a low-carb side, or the recipe suggests making larger rolls when you need buns. Get the keto air fryer roll recipe.
A few things before you air fry bread
Use the time and temperature from the individual recipe instead of treating every bread dough the same. These recipes run from 300°F (150°C) to 370°F (188°C) because the ingredients, shapes, and sizes are different. Basket size and airflow can move the finish time too.
Leave enough space for hot air to move around the food, work in batches when needed, and check early when a recipe tells you to. Color is helpful, but the middle still needs to be baked through. If the outside is where you want it and the center needs more time, keep a close eye on the next few minutes instead of walking away and hoping bread sorts itself out.
More air fryer recipes and help
If the low-carb breads are what brought you here, the full collection of 20 keto air fryer recipes has dinners, snacks, sides, breakfast, and dessert too. New to the appliance? Start with the beginner's guide to using an air fryer, then keep the air fryer cooking times chart nearby for the practical stuff. You can also browse every recipe in Breads + Muffins.