These lemon blueberry donut holes are made with no yeast and are bake in the oven or air fryer for a super simple brunch favorite.
Donuts are a fan favorite in our house (as I’m sure they are at your). The process of making a yeasted and fried donut is a lot, so it rarely happens. This Lemon Blueberry No Yeast Donut Recipe is made with no yeast, in the air fryer (or oven) and turn out perfectly fluffy every single time. No need to pull out the deep fry them to get a great result.
No Yeast Donut Hole Ingredients
Flour – all purpose is used here, if you want an even lighter result you could swap for cake flour.
Icelandic Skyr – this can be swapped for greek yogurt, but iceland skyr is my favorite.
Baking Soda/Powder – both are used to help get a nice fluffy result.
Lemon – both the zest and the juice are used to get a great lemony flavor.
Wild Blueberries – fresh or frozen. I prefer wild blueberries as they are typically a little smaller than regular blueberries.
Butter – brushed on the top of the donuts before baking to help the sugar cook and brown everything up.
Sugar – granulated for a lemon sugar topping.
How to Make Air Fryer Donut Holes with No Yeast
- Preheat air fryer at 350 or oven to 400.
- In a bowl combine flour, skyr, baking soda, baking powder, wild blueberries, lemon juice, and salt. Mix until dough starts to come together, then pour onto the counter and knead for 5 minutes. Adding more flour if dough becomes too sticky.
- Section dough into 12 pieces and shape each piece into a round ball.
- Place round balls onto a piece of parchment paper and brush with melted butter.
- Bake in air fryer or oven for 5 minutes, turn each ball and bake an additional 5-6 minutes. If baking in oven bake for 6 minutes each side.
- In a small bowl combine granulated sugar and lemon zest. Mix to combine.
- Remove donut holes from oven or air fryer, brush with more melted butter and roll in lemon sugar mixture.
- Enjoy immediately.
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No Yeast Lemon Blueberry Donut Holes
Ingredients
Donut
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2/3 cup icelandic skyr I LOVE Painterland Sisters brand
- 1/2 cup wild blueberries
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3-4 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup butter melted
Lemon Sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 zest lemon
Instructions
- Preheat air fryer at 350 or oven to 400.
- In a bowl combine flour, skyr, baking soda, baking powder, wild blueberries, lemon juice, and salt. Mix until dough starts to come together, then pour onto the counter and knead for 5 minutes. Adding more flour if dough becomes too sticky.
- Section dough into 12 pieces and shape each piece into a round ball.
- Place round balls onto a piece of parchment paper and brush with melted butter.
- Bake in air fryer or oven for 5 minutes, turn each ball and bake an additional 5-6 minutes. If baking in oven bake for 6 minutes each side.
- In a small bowl combine granulated sugar and lemon zest. Mix to combine.
- Remove donut holes from oven or air fryer, brush with more melted butter and roll in lemon sugar mixture.
- Enjoy immediately.
I cannot believe how fluffy these turned out! Thank you for including oven instructions as I don’t have an air fryer!