Since Christmas, my husband has had another love. There are now three people in our marriage, him, me and the air fryer!!
We had been gifted a small air fryer from some friends, but after his son bought a bigger one, Martin decided that he needed to up-size!!

It’s actually great, as he has taken on cooking most of the meals and gets so excited when the food comes out!
In fairness, the food comes out crispy and piping hot, and, more importantly, it saves on fuel costs. We have been amazed at what you can cook in an air fryer, hence this recipe.
Today, Martin will be attempting to cook a proper roast dinner. We are having pork and the instructions say that it should take 40 mins.
The fryer we have has two compartments and you can get them to sync so that the pork is on and then later, the potatoes will start cooking. Very clever.
He has really taken to heart the rise in fuel bills, so we now sit in the lounge with two jumpers on and big knitted blankets over us!
His only indulgence is putting the electric blankets on before we go to bed! Thank goodness for small mercies.
So this recipe was my first attempt at using the air fryer, but like any child with a new toy, I had to be supervised!

Ingredients
Dough:
140g Self-raising flour
140g Any plain yogurt

Cinnamon:
4 tbsp Sugar
1 tsp Cinnamon
Optionally, melted chocolate for covering the donuts

Method
In a large bowl, combine the yogurt and self-raising flour.
Transfer dough onto a work surface and finish bringing the dough together with your hands. There should be no pockets of dry flour.
Divide the dough in two pieces and roll out each piece of dough into a long log.
Using a knife, cut out little donuts and roll each donut between your hands. The donuts should weigh roughly between 8g and 12g each.
Preheat your air fryer at 350F or 180C.
Oil the basket with melted butter using a brush
In a bowl, melt down the butter and toss the donuts in the butter.
Once the air fryer is preheated, gently drop the donuts into the basket leaving enough space between each donut as these will puff up.
Air fry the donuts for 5 minutes. Please note, the donuts won’t have even browning and that’s what we expect with this method!
While they are frying, mix the sugar with the cinnamon
Once cooked, coat the donuts in melted butter and toss in cinnamon sugar. The melted butter helps the cinnamon sugar stick to the donuts.