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Baking in an air fryer is like baking in a small fan oven: set it about 20 °C lower than you would for the oven and expect a shorter baking time. Bake cookies in small batches on baking paper, muffins in silicone cases and cakes in an 18 cm springform tin or a small loaf tin. They’re sweetened with honey, maple syrup, dates or coconut sugar – that’s still sugar, so enjoy your bakes in moderation.
Yes. Put the cookies on baking paper cut to the size of the basket and bake them in small batches at 130 to 160 °C for 6 to 9 minutes. Never put the paper into the hot basket on its own – the fan will suck it up.
Usually 140 to 160 °C, so about 20 °C lower than in the oven. If the top goes dark before the middle is cooked, turn it down by 10 °C and bake a little longer. A skewer test shows whether the cake is done.
Silicone muffin cases, a springform tin 16 to 18 cm across or a small loaf tin. Measure your basket first: leave a little space all round so the hot air can circulate.
For cookies and cakes it’s worth it: preheat for 3 minutes and the baking times will be right. Put the baking paper into the basket only once the dough is on it.