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If you want to know how toast a bagel in an air fryer, just follow a few easy steps, to get perfect golden and crispy bagels in just minutes! You can get rid of that old toaster, and free up counter space, when you use your air fryer to make this favorite breakfast food.
Air fry your bagel to perfection using your favorite bagel flavor of store-bought bagels, or with just a few simple ingredients, you can make homemade bagels when you follow this easy two ingredient dough bagel recipe.
Why You Will Love Air Fryer Bagels
I love a warm bagel for breakfast, especially on busy mornings. Cinnamon Raisin Bagels with a little bit of butter, or onion bagels, with cream cheese, are absolutely the best! If you need a heartier meal to start your day, you can add air fryer scrambled eggs and bacon or ham, and make a breakfast bagel meal.
Another reason you will love making a bagels in the air fryer, and you have crispy toasted bagels within minutes. You can use the air fryer to make a quick breakfast like Air Fryer Perfect Toast, French Toast, or even Breakfast Pizza.
Ingredients:
- fresh bagels or frozen bagels–like Thomas’ Breads Bagels
Optional Toppings and fillings: Bagel Seasoning, strawberry jam, peanut butter, poppy seeds, sesame seeds, eggs and bacon
How to Toast a Bagel in an Air Fryer
- To make the perfect air fryer toasted bagel, being by slicing 2 standard-sized sliced bagels in half and place into the air fryer basket, in a single layer, cut side up.
- Air fry at 380 degrees for 3-4 minutes, until golden brown and crispy. Depending on the crispness you prefer, use 2-3 minutes for lightly crispy, and 3-4 minutes for darker crisp.
- Top with your favorite toppings such as cream cheese or a bit of butter.
I make this recipe in my 5.8 quart Cosori basket style air fryer. Depending on your air fryer, size and wattages, cooking time may need to be adjusted 1-2 minutes.
Bagels for Lunch or Dinner
Make air fryer bagel pizzas by topping bagel slices with marinara sauce and shredded cheese, or your favorite pizza toppings. Make a heartier meal by filling the slices of bread with your favorite deli meats and cheeses.
For more easy air fryer breakfasts, try air fryer soft boiled eggs, air fryer chicken sausage, air fryer bacon wrapped avocado, or air fryer sausage patties.
FAQ’s
Air Fryer Bagel Bites make the best pizza bites in just a few minutes of time. You can also top bagel bites, or full size bagels with your favorite toppings for fun variations of a snack.
Bagels are a great breakfast by themselves, and many people like their bagel plain. You can also eat them topped with your favorite bread toast toppings, such as melted butter, honey, or jam. Serve bagels with fresh bowl of berries or eggs.
If using frozen bagels, keep them frozen until ready to use. For uneaten cooked bagels, store in an airtight container, plastic wrap, or preferably a sealed bag for 2-7 days. If you aren’t using them right away, freeze them.
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How to Toast a Bagel in an Air Fryer
Equipment
- 1 Air Fryer
Ingredients
- 2 bagels
Instructions
- To make the perfect air fryer toasted bagel, being by slicing 2 standard-sized sliced bagels in half and place into the air fryer basket, in a single layer, cut side up.
- Air fry at 380 degrees for 3-4 minutes, until golden brown and crispy. Depending on the crispness you prefer, use 2-3 minutes for lightly crispy, and 3-4 minutes for darker crisp.
- Top with your favorite toppings such as cream cheese or a bit of butter.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Hi
I printed off your AF cooking chart but the temperatures are double what we use here in the Uk – presume you are in America and am I correct in thinking I just half your temperatures
Kind regards
Sandra
We are in American. We don’t half them exactly- but the conversion has to be rounded up or down to oven temps. For example, 350 degrees F is 176.66 C so we round down to 175 C when writing the recipe. Hope that helps!