Making air fryer toast is so easy! It only takes four minutes to make toast in an air fryer and the bread turns out perfectly toasted every time. Plus you don't need to flip the bread!
Air fryers make cooking food like air fried diced potatoes, air fryer French fries and air fried Italian sausages so quick and easy and you will not believe how easy it is to make toast in your air fryer!
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Why you'll love this cooking method:
- This is the easiest way to make toast! It only takes 4 minutes to make air fryer toast.
- The bread gets perfectly toasted and evenly crispy in just a few minutes.
- You don't need to flip the bread so this recipe is totally hands off.
- You can toast up to 8 pieces of bread at a time!
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Ingredient notes:
You can use any type of bread that you like including white bread, whole grain bread, sourdough bread, gluten-free bread, paleo bread, or keto bread.
Recipe variations and add ins:
- Turn this into air fryer Texas toast by coating the bread in garlic butter before cooking.
- To make air fryer cinnamon toast: sprinkle each side of the bread with ground cinnamon or a cinnamon sugar mixture before cooking.
- Top it with a little garlic butter either before or after cooking to create garlic toast.
How to make air fryer toast:
Step 1
Place the bread onto the racks or into the basket of your air fryer and cook the bread for 3-5 minutes at 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
Top Tips:
- Every model of air fryer is different, so you may have to adjust the cook time if you have a different type of air fryer than I do.
- You do not need to preheat your air fryer. If you do, decrease the cooking time by 1-2 minutes.
- For best results don't overlap the slices of bread when cooking or they won't cook evenly.
- If you use the lower rack of the air fryer the slices on that rack will take 1-2 extra minutes to toast.
- Depending on the thickness of your bread you may have to adjust the cooking time.
- If food tends to stick to your air fryer, give it a spray with oil such as avocado oil or olive oil before cooking the toast.
Serving ideas:
You can eat your air fryer toast plain or add different toppings. Some of my favourite toppings for toast are:
- Jam - I love using my blueberry chia seed jam or plum chia jam on this toast.
- Nut or seed butters such as peanut butter, cashew coconut butter, almond butter, macadamia butter, cashew butter or pumpkin seed butter. Granola butter is another fun option.
- Butter or a vegan butter substitute.
- Turn it into avocado toast by topping it with sliced avocado.
- To make air fryer egg toast: top this toast with a hard boiled egg or soft boiled egg.
Air fryer toast FAQs:
Absolutely! You can toast any kind of bun in an air fryer including hot dog buns and hamburger buns. To toast a bun in an air fryer, open it and lay it flat on the air fryer tray or basket. Then cook it for 2-4 minutes at 400F.
Yes! You can toast anything in an air fryer including bagels. To toast a bagel in an air fryer, open it and lay it flat on your air fryer tray or basket and cook it for 3-5 minutes at 400F.
Absolutely! You can toast all the same things in an air fryer that you can in a toaster or toaster oven, so why have both appliances?
No you do not.
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Recipe
Air Fryer Toast
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 slices bread
Optional
- spray oil
Instructions
- Place the pieces of bread on the tray or basket of your air fryer and cook at 400F for 3-5 minutes, until toasted.
Optional
- If food tends to stick to your air fryer trays, give the tray a quick spray with an oil such as coconut oil or avocado oil before cooking.
Notes
- You can use any type of bread that you like including gluten-free bread.
- You do not need to preheat the air fryer. If you do preheat it, decrease the cooking time by 1-2 minutes.
- Don't overlap the pieces of bread when cooking or they won't toast evenly - depending on the size of your air fryer and the bread you are using you may only be able to cook 2 pieces of bread on a rack at a time.
- Nutritional values are an estimate and will vary depending on the type of bread you use.
Rena
Looking forward to trying this with a slice of cheese on top.
Erin Carter
Oh yum!!!
Kristie
Mmmmm toast