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by Diane

If you love bagels, you’re going to love this easy bagels recipe in the air fryer! It only takes 3 basic ingredients to make a batch of these super delicious yogurt-based bagels. Yes, that’s right these bagels use greek yogurt as the base. It’s amazing to bite into one and taste the wonderful flavors of yogurt in a bagel. Best of all, they’re bagels made in the air fryer and they’re super easy to make!

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Air Fryer Easy Bagels Recipe

There’s really no secret to these bagels. You just need to decide if you want to decide to add any optional seeds or toppings. After that, you’re ready to devour the best easy bagels made in the air fryer. The bagels use self-rising flour, but if you only have regular flour, you can mix about 2 teaspoons baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon of salt to 1 cup of all-purpose flour prior to mixing with the yogurt

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How to Make Air Fryer Bagels with Non-Fat Greek Yogurt

Add greek yogurt and self rising flour to bowl. Mix until everything combines. Add to lightly floured surface. Lightly knead for about 30 seconds.

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Shape dough into a ball and cut into 4 equal pieces. Shape each piece into a ball. Flour your finger and poke a hole through the dough ball. Stretch the center of the hole and create a bagel shape.

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Brush with egg and if desired, add your seed toppings. More details on time and temp in the recipe box below.

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Toppings for Air Fried Bagels Recipe

There’s so many options for the top of these air fryer bagels. The bagel variety possibilities are endless. Here’s some ideas:

  1. Everything bagel seasonings
  2. Sesame seeds, poppy seeds, dried onion or other seeded spices
  3. Cheddar cheese, asiago, parmesan or other cheeses
  4. Sliced pickled jalapeños
  5. Cinnamon Sugar or cinnamon raisin
  6. Sun dried tomato
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Easy 3-Ingredient AIR FRYER Bagels

Yield: 4 bagels

Prep Time: 8 minutes mins

Cook Time: 12 minutes mins

Total Time: 20 minutes mins

THICK YOGURT:The dough will be soft and sticky to work with so try to use a thick greek yogurt. Avoid “greek-style” yogurt which tends to be much thinner. Our brand suggestions are below in notes.

SOFT DOUGH:Be prepared to work with soft dough and be patient while molding the dough to shape. If dough is too soft, add a little more flour. If too dry, add a little more yogurt. Try not to over knead the dough or else it will make the rolls tough. It is better to have it a little more rustic looking and tender rolls than a perfectly smooth and tough ones.

FLOURS:This recipe can easily be doubled and uses self rising flour, which has baking powder and salt already. If using all-purpose flour, you must mix about 2 teaspoons baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon of salt to 1 cup of all-purpose flour prior to mixing with the yogurt.

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Ingredients

For the Bagels:

  • 1 cup (240 ML) plain, thick non-fat greek yogurt
  • 1 cup (125 g) self rising flour , *if using all purpose flour, see note above.

Optional Top ingredients:

  • 1 (1) large egg , beaten * read note
  • (optional) bagel toppings: Sesame seeds, pre-mixed bagel seasonings, poppy seeds, cheddar cheese, sliced jalapeños.

Equipment

Instructions

  • If there’s liquid on top of the yogurt drain it before you measure it out. Combine yogurt and flour until all the flour is mixed into the yogurt and dough forms a ball.

  • Lightly flour a cutting board. Knead the dough for about 30 seconds. Cut the dough into 4 equal parts. If dough is sticky lightly flour your hands. Don’t add too much flour or the dough will become tough.

  • Roll each dough piece into a ball. Lightly flour your finger, then poke it in the center of the dough ball to create a hole.

    Gently stretch out the center hole to be about 1” wide opening and shape the the dough into a bagel shape. Allow to rest and rise (will rise just a little) for about 15 minutes.

  • Brush egg over the bagels. If adding seeds, sprinkle seeds or seasonings on top of bagels.

    Gently place bagels in your air fryer, leaving enough room between the bagels for the to expand. Don’t crowd the basket or rack. Cook the bagels in batches.

  • Spray air fryer basket or tray with oil to make sure bagel doesn’t stick while cooking (you can also use air fryer parchment sheets).

  • Air Fry at 330°F for about 10-14 minutes, or until bagels are golden and cooked in the center.

    Serve with cream cheese or make an awesome bagel sandwich out of it.

Notes

  1. We prefer the Stonyfield non-fat greek yogurt and fa*ge Total 0% Greek Yogurt. If you want to use whole milk yogurt, the Chobani whole milk greek yogurt is also thick and easy to work with.
  2. These bagels have a wonderful yogurt taste so don’t be surprise if there’s a slight sour taste to the bagels.
  3. The egg wash is optional and for folks who can’t eat eggs feel free to leave it out. But if you can eat eggs, they add a great chewy and crisp, brown texture to the bagels. They also help the seeds to stick to the top of the bagels.
  4. Read the recipe write up for all the different bagel topping ideas.

Video

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Nutrition Information per Serving

Calories: 158kcal, Carbohydrates: 24g, Protein: 10g, Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 43mg, Sodium: 34mg, Potassium: 116mg, Sugar: 1g, Vitamin A: 60IU, Calcium: 66mg, Iron: 0.5mg

Course: Snack

Cuisine: Air Fryer, Bread

Calories: 158

Here’s our Oven Baked Bagel Recipe. Still super simple and delish!

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Good Mid-Sized Air Fryers

“That’s a stylish Air Fryer” was said as we unboxed the Cosori. Beyond being stylish, it has cooked great. The basket is not as tall and wider than most in its size group, which is perfect. You’ll have a lot better results in an air fryer with single layered, spread out foods, then with ones piled high and thick.
The non-stick basket style(non-wire base)& smoothness of the basket tray is also great for clean up.

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Simple functional panel. Solid basket design that is less likely to come unscrewed or break like other designs frequently do after a few months of repeated use. Great price for the size. They have several color options for the design-minded user.

Good Larger Air Fryers

This is quickly becoming one of our favorite larger basket style air fryers. Great basket size, good controls, cooks nice. Clean up is great. It has become one of our kitchen favorites.

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    22 Comments on “Air Fryer Easy Bagels Recipe – Only 3 Ingredients”

  1. Randy Reply

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    I love how my bagels turn out after I put them in the air fryer! Thanks for the suggestion!

  2. Drake Reply

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    Bagels in an air fryer. Can’t believe it then I tried it. They came out amazing, way better than store bought.

  3. nancy roy Reply

    what size air fryer was used in this recipe?

    • Best Recipe Box Reply

      In the photo we used a 5.8 Quart Cosori. If you’re using a smaller air fryer, you might only be able to cook 2 bagels at a time.

      • Sheila Reply

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        Mixed in thawed blueberries…came out delicious.

  4. Kristine M Finan Reply

    Has anyone tried mixing anything IN the bagel dough? Like cinnamon chips or chocolate chips?

    • Dee Frison Reply

      I put in dices pickled jalapenos and shredded sharp cheddar cheese and they come out great! I have also used blueberry greek yorurt with a fantastic result.

      • Best Recipe Box Reply

        Wow Dee! the diced pickled jalapenos sounds amazing and so do all your other different options. Thanks for sharing!

  5. Sheena Reply

    Hi! Can I replace Greek yogurt with normal yogurt or sour cream?

    • Best Recipe Box Reply

      Hi Sheena, yes you can use normal yogurt but it might not be as thick as greek yogurt. In this case, just use a little more flour until you can manage the shaping of the bagels. We haven’t used sour cream yet, but have heard that it does work well!

  6. Sue Reply

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    I would call it a bagel. It has the right inside texture and but actually crunchy (un-bagel-like) on the outside. I used the egg wash but the surface of the dough was rough, so it is not pretty and shiny like the photo. I will make again b/c it is a nice little breakfast for small amount of WW points.

  7. Curt Reply

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    Recipe is great except the bottoms of the bagels aren’t done, so I turned the bagels over so that the bottoms are on top, sprayed a little oil on the bottoms and air fried the bagels for a few more minutes. The bottoms got done and the bagels were perfect.

  8. Lori Reply

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    These are very yummy. They turned out awesome

    • Best Recipe Box Reply

      Thanks Lori!

  9. patricia Reply

    Can I use almond or coconut flour. or whole meal flour

    • Best Recipe Box Reply

      Hi Patricia, we haven’t tested it with any of those flours yet. When we do we will have a write up about it with photos and video. stay tuned!

  10. Jenelle Reply

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    The kids really enjoyed having fresh bagels for breakfast. It’s such a great feeling spreading butter on a warm and freshly made bagel.

  11. Molly KOONEY Reply

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    The texture and appearance was good. However, with no yeast, the flavor just wasn’t the same as a real bagel.

  12. Tia Reply

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    I love this recipe. It was fun, easy and delicious! The next time, however, I will make my own self rising flour because the brand I used has 300mg of sodium per 1/4 cup! Yikes! Thank you for sharing this recipe! I will make it many many more times!

  13. Siphe Reply

    Delicious!

  14. Bria Reply

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    Hello! Would this work with vegan yogurt? Specifically coconut based? It still has probiotics and live cultures, but may be a bit runnier.
    -curious bagel-loving-vegan who really wants to try this recipe

    • Diane Reply

      Hi Bria, we’re not sure about vegan yogurt and have not tested it yet. But hoping if any of our readers had success with it, they’ll let us know. Thanks for asking!

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