The Easiest Air Fryer Toast

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. You don't need to flip the bread and you don't need a toaster. You'll never want to cook toast another way again.

Why you'll love this recipe:

• Making toasted bread in an air fryer is so easy and the clean up is so simple!
• It only takes 4 minutes to cook toast perfectly in the air fryer. 
• You don't need to flip the bread.
• The bread gets perfectly toasted and evenly crispy in just a few minutes and you don't have to worry about burnt toast or soggy toast when you air fry toast.
• You can toast up to 8 pieces of bread at the same time.
• There are tons of variations you can try including making Texas toast, garlic toast, French toast, cinnamon toast, egg toast or cheese toast.
• You can add any topping you like such as jam, peanut butter, butter, garlic butter, avocado, etc. 
• This method works for all types of air fryers including Ninja Foodi, Ninja Air Fryer, Ninja Foodi Grill, Instant Vortex, Emeril Air Fryer, Cuisinart Air Fryer and Chefman Air Fryers. 

Taste and texture:

The toast will end up golden brown and perfectly crisp. You can change up the flavour by adding any toppings that you prefer.

Ingredients and substitutions:

• Bread - either make your own or use store bought. Whichever you prefer. You can use any type of bread that you like including white bread, whole wheat bread, whole grain bread, sourdough bread, gluten free bread, paleo bread, vegan bread or keto bread. 

How to make:

Step one:

First, place the slice or slices of bread onto the rack or into the basket of your air fryer. 

Step two:

Then cook the bread for 3-5 minutes at 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Remove the toast from the air fryer and enjoy!

Do I need to flip the bread?

One of the benefits of using an air fryer to make toast is that you do not need to flip the bread.

Do I need to preheat my air fryer?

When you make toast you do not need to preheat your air fryer. If you do, decrease the cooking time by 1-2 minutes.

Chef's tips: 

• Every model of air fryer is different, so you may have to adjust the cooking time if you are using a different model than I do. 
• The recipe card instructions are for a rack or oven style air fryer. If you have a basket style air fryer see the FAQ section below. 
• Don't overlap the slices of bread when cooking or they won't cook evenly - depending on the size of the air fryer you have and the bread you are using you may only be able to fit 1 or 2 pieces of bread on a rack or in the basket.
• 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 you food tends to stick to your air fryer, give it a spray with oil such as avocado oil before cooking the toast.

Topping ideas:

• Jam - I love using my blueberry chia seed jam on this toast.
• Nut butter such as peanut butter, almond butter, cashew butter or pumpkin seed butter.
• My vegan mascarpone.
• Butter or a vegan butter substitute. 

Variations:

• To make air fryer cinnamon toast sprinkle each side of the bread with ground cinnamon before cooking. 
• Turn it into avocado toast by adding some sliced avocado.
• Top it with a little garlic butter either before or after cooking to create garlic toast.
• Turn this into Texas toast by coating the bread in garlic butter before cooking.
• To make this toast gluten free be sure to use gluten free bread.
• To make this toast paleo be sure to use paleo bread - this is my favourite paleo bread recipe.

Frequently asked questions:

Other air fryer recipes you will love:

• Hash browns in the air fryer
• Air fryer frozen pizza
• Frozen steak in air fryer
• Popcorn in the air fryer
• Air fryer salmon patties with lemon dill aioli
• Potato wedges in the air fryer

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