Air Fryer Bread Recipe

Easy air fryer bread loaf is homemade with just 6 ingredients and very little kneading required. Perfectly fluffy white bread with yeast made in mini loaf pans in Ninja Foodi or Cosori.

Air Fryer Bread with Yeast

Baking in an air fryer opens up a world of possibilities. Quick and easy option when it is summertime and you don’t want to heat up your entire house with the oven.

In this go around we are starting from scratch. You could use frozen bread dough as well but we will go over that later as the timing would be a bit different. With this small appliance, baking bread at home has never been easier I tell you!

Ingredients

1. All purpose flour, make sure to measure flour properly or it won’t work correctly and will be too dense
2. Active dry yeast is what will make this baby rise.
3. Sugar is needed with your yeast
4. Warm water to active yeast
5. Milk should be full fat, whole, or at least 2%
6. Salt for a bit of flavor
7. Vegetable oil is best for this one
8. Melted butter or dairy free alternative works

Equipment

You will need 2 mini loaf pans to make this to start with. Since all air fryer baskets are different sizes and shapes you may be able to fit both pans, or one at a time. If you used a round springform pan the timing would not be accurate below, you’d need longer.

You just need a few homemade white bread ingredients to get started. You can see them here below. If you have never really baked from scratch like this before don’t worry. We make everything as easy as possible on our site because yeast used to freak us out too.

For a quick idea you can follow our frozen biscuits in air fryer directions but this is so much better if you have the time. If you have prepared dough like this before it isn’t much different, just maybe a smaller amount.

How to Bake Bread in Air Fryer

• Allow the bread dough to rise for about an hour. This is an important step so that it becomes light and perfect.
• Once you split your dough into two equal pieces and place it into your pans, it will need to rise again.
• As soon as the dough rises just above the lip of the pans, they’re about ready to bake. You want them to get golden brown on the top with a short cooking time.

in Ninja Foodi

With this machine you are going to use the lid that is attached and the air crisp button. Use the trivet that is included to keep it lifted off of the bottom so the hot air can circulate all around the loaf to bake evenly.

Tips

Remember that you never want to overwork or mix dough too much. If you do it will not be as fluffy as you’d like. Only spray lightly with non stick cooking spray too. Adding too much can inhibit the bread from rising. It needs to grab ahold of the sides of the pan. And always pre heat your machine, this goes for making air fryer banana bread with mashed bananas too.

How long should bread rest after baking?

It’s important to allow bread to cool all the way, barely warm. It will continue to cook in the pans as it cools which is a necessary step for perfection. Simple rolls will take only about 20 minutes. Bread in loaf pans can take as long as 1 hour. Since these are smaller versions it is closer to 35 minutes or so. 

How do you know when bread is done baking?

Most people use a toothpick or knife in the middle to ensure it comes out clean. You can also remove the loaf and knock on the bottom. If it sounds hollow it’s done! Also, If it stays down when touched then it needs a few more minutes, then check it again.

Other easy bread recipes

You can make air fryer croutons with your leftovers. OR make air fryer pumpkin bread and/or bundt air fryer cornbread with dinner.

• If you want it a bit easier though, you can use frozen rolls
• Make this amazing pull apart air fryer garlic bread recipe
• Our air fryer biscuits go with everything and comes out just like homemade.
• If you have no yeast you can try our beer bread recipe or air fryer tortillas.

Printable recipe is below complete with nutritional information such as saturated fat amounts etc.

How long to cook bread in air fryer

The timing is quick once your dough is risen and ready for some heat. You are looking at just 12 minutes for mini loaves like we feature here but it does take about an hour and a half to prepare beforehand so keep that in mind.