3 Yummy Snacks You Didn’t Know You Could Make In an Air Fryer

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Previously underrated, air fryers are gaining popularity in recent years, and rightfully so. These machines can do much more than make french fries into less of a guilty pleasure by reducing the oil amount. Here are a few unexpected treats you can cook in your air fryer.

Hard-boiled Eggs

An air fryer can cook eggs to perfect hard-boiled firmness, with zero boiling water involved. Just preheat the appliance and cook the eggs at 300° F for 10-12 minutes. Place the cooked eggs in hot water to make the shells peel away easily.

Corn in the Cob

Brush your corn lightly with olive oil and fry at 370°F for 10-12 minutes and voila, you have corn on the cob cooked to perfection. You can add some flaked sea salt and a squeeze of lemon juice to finish. It doesn’t get any quicker or easier than that.

Donuts

Ordinary biscuits can be turned into fluffy donuts in just 5 minutes. Use a round cookie cutter to form holes, then fry the donuts in batches of four for 5 minutes at 350°F (you can make a batch of the holes too, fry it for 3 minutes). Lightly brush the hot donuts with butter and roll in cinnamon sugar.