These MAPLE BARS are sure to become a new favorite treat! Made in the air fryer they’re quick and easy. The sweet maple icing is so good you’ll want to eat it with a spoon!
My husband has a bad habit in the mornings. His favorite breakfast is cookies. He eats packaged cookies, homemade cookies, and the latest craze, air fryer cookies.
When he isn’t eating cookies for breakfast, he likes air fryer donuts. Any air fryer donuts are good, but maple bars, they are my fav!
If you haven’t tried making donuts in the air fryer yet, you are missing out. You can top them any number of ways, but our current favorite is with a maple glaze.
These are PERFECT for fall and I promise – you won’t be able to eat just one. They. Are. Good.
The combo of the maple sweetness with the fluffy goodness of the donut is divine. Served with milk, it becomes a classic breakfast treat.
The recipe below will bring this tasty treat to your table in less than 15 minutes.
Ingredient Notes:
Biscuits– We use Grands refrigerated biscuits because we like the size and the layers. If you have a preferred canned biscuit for donuts, they will still work.
For the icing– You need to have powdered sugar, milk, maple syrup, and maple extract.
For exact amounts of each ingredient please see the recipe card below.
How to make the maple bars in your air fryer:
Start with a can of biscuit dough. We don’t recommend using the ‘flaky layers’ variety, as the top layer tends to pop off when you glaze the donuts.
Open up your biscuits and press them out into more of a rectangle shape.
Place your dough in the air fryer, making sure to leave some space between each one, and spritz them with a vegetable oil spray.
Let them cook for five minutes or until golden brown.
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You can use the same biscuit dough as we use in this recipe. But use granulated sugar instead of powdered sugar and pick your favorite flavor of jam!
How to make the maple glaze:
Get a small bowl and whisk together the following ingredients:
- Powdered sugar
- Maple syrup
- Maple extract
- Milk
- Salt
If you would like a thinner glaze you can add more milk, one tablespoon at a time, to get your desired thickness.
Dunk the donut tops right in the glaze. Easy peasy!
After you apply the glaze to the donuts you need to let them sit for 5 minutes to allow the glaze to firm up.
Recipe FAQ?
They are sometimes called “long johns” instead of “bars” in the region I am from. You may also hear them called maple Bismarck.
We find nearly all of them work. Some shapes of donuts work better with different sizes of biscuits, but for a normal size donut, a pack of Grands biscuits is perfect to us!
Keep them in an air tight bag at room temperature. They will be fine for a couple of days, but they are certainly best served fresh!
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Maple Bar Donuts
Ingredients
- 1 package Grand’s refrigerated biscuits
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons milk plus more as needed
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon maple extract
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat air fryer to 350 degrees.
- Open the package of biscuits and press each biscuit out into a rectangle shape.
- Place biscuits in the air fryer basket in an even layer with space between each. Spritz each biscuit with oil spray.
- Air fry for 5 minutes or until golden brown.
- While donuts are cooking, whisk together the powdered sugar, milk, maple syrup, maple extract, and salt. Add additional milk, one tablespoon at a time, to reach a thick glaze consistency.
- Remove the donuts from the air fryer and, once cool enough to handle, dunk the tops of the donuts into the glaze. Let donut set for 5 minutes for glaze to firm up before serving.
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