Air Fryer Blueberry Muffins

We will show you how to bake air fryer muffins in silicone cups for breakfast or dessert. Made with boxed mix or our homemade batter, these can be cooked in a Ninja Foodi or Cosori machine to perfection with our temp and time.

We make some of the best muffin recipes this way. Why? Because they’re a quick grab and go meal when you’re busy. The great thing about this one is you can use your own favorite batter and our timing/temp below to get fluffy. As a Ninja Foodi recipe you will use the lid that is attached to “bake” and make crispy on the outside.

This is probably one of our favorite breakfast recipes ever. We feature fruit muffins here as you can see but you can make any type you like. Have ripe bananas at hand, use them with your favorite recipe and our temp and cook time below. From banana bread muffins, to chocolate, pumpkin and everything in between these are great.

Below are the muffin ingredients we used to make them homemade. From scratch is obviously the best bet with fresh fruit but either one turns out moist and tender using the temperature and cook time listed below.

Homemade Blueberry Muffins Ingredients

We are going to make this super easy with the start to our dry ingredients as self rising flour. This enables us to skip measuring out the leavening agents because it is already mixed in there.

Sugar, white granulated will make it sweeter. I have heard others state that they have used a sugar free alternative like Splenda offers and that works great (the 1:1 option).

Milk is best whole when used in baking products where you want them to be as moist as possible.

Your butter should be melted but then cooled, just before it starts to harden again. If added hot it may curdle your dairy.

Your egg should be large and ideally left on the counter for about an hour before adding it with the other items.

You can add a bit of vanilla extract if you like but this is optional. I mean honestly other extract flavors are fun to fool around with too, coconut is pretty amazing too.

And your blueberries should be fresh. The reason I don’t like using frozen is that as they defrost as they bake they will emit some water which will then thin out the batter making them more dense, and not as fluffy.

Can you make air fryer muffins with muffin mix?

Like I said at the beginning, you can use our recipe for cake mix blueberry muffins if you want to speed things up. Follow the directions on the back of the box to make the batter and you’re set to bake for about 12 minutes.

How Long to Cook Muffins in Air Fryer

You really could use any type of berry, or chocolate chips instead. Our huckleberry muffins are just as amazing. 12 minutes is about right for regular standard sizes filled 3/4 of the way full. You do want to make sure that they are set in a single layer with a little bit of space in between them so the hot air can circulate all the way around for best results.

What should you use to bake them in?

The best way to bake these is in silicone muffin cups. They are oven safe and can be put into an air fryer too at high temperatures in order to keep their shape. Another alternative would be to use 4 oz ramekins but you can’t fit as many of those in the basket.

Can you use paper muffin cups in an air fryer?

You can but it is MUCH easier to use silicone cups instead. Paper will droop once you add the batter and not stay firm to get that muffin shape. You can also use ramekins or any other ovenproof dish too in the same size for the same cook time.

How do you know when they are done?

Yes you can use a toothpick (but you will want moist crumbs attached vs. dry) but I prefer to touch the middle gently. If it springs back they are done and should be moved to a wire rack to cool. You do not want to overcook them or they will get dried out.

Tips

As with any other baked good you’ll need to have 2 bowls to whisk the dry ingredients, wet ingredients and then combine the two. It’s quick and easy to do in about 5 minutes. From there use your imagination and make “all the things” like apple zucchini muffins and more.

I haven’t tried this with frozen fruit that has been defrosted. If that is all you can find I am sure it is better than nothing. The only issue I see is that they’ll emit liquid when thawing out. You’ll need to drain this before adding in.

Because of this they won’t be quite as moist either. The juices from the blueberries doesn’t really stay in well when they’re frozen. There’s my 2 cents on that anyway….take it for what it’s worth. 😉 If you wanted to make mini muffins you could use that size silicone cups. I would decrease the timing to 5 minutes.

Other Muffin Recipes You’ll Love

Cook time doesn’t vary whether you make blueberry or our easy banana bread muffins. The only real change is the size of the cups and how much batter is added.

Refer to the easy recipe instructions below. If you want to try other air fryer muffin recipes, these are a few favorites like our our pumpkin zucchini muffins that are out of this world.

Banana zucchini muffins are great especially during the summertime when your vegetable garden is going crazy with squash.