No Knead Bread using Air Fryer

 06 Nov 2025

Baking Bread in the Air Fryer 🍞✨

Good morning!
I’m excited to share my little “experiment” of baking no-knead bread in the Air Fryer.

I finally tried baking no-knead bread in the Air Fryer after seeing so many posts about it. Yesterday, I gathered the flour I had at home and gave it a go. The result? A crisp crust, soft inside, and a surprisingly good outcome, though I’ll adjust the flavor a little next time. 

More than the bread itself, I loved the process. It was simple, fun, and incredibly therapeutic. 😊😊😊 If you’re curious, give it a try. I think you’ll enjoy it too! 

This is what I did:
Ingredients :
1.5 cups lukewarm water
1.5 tsp instant yeast
1 tsp sea salt  (will increase to 1.5tsp next round)
1 Tbsp sugar
2.5 cups whole meal flour
0.5 cup bread flour

I used whole meal flour because it was the only one left in my kitchen. It was an impulsive, ad hoc decision to just go ahead—hahaha! I didn’t check my stock, but I’m happy with the result.

The bread baked by Air Fryer! Hallelujah! Praise God for giving me interest to try out different method of cooking.

Method:
Step1: Combine all ingredients together. I used chop stick to work and combine them in a big plastic container. Cover, let it prove for about an hour or double in size.

Step 2: After it proved to double. I dip my hand into water (very wet hand to prevent dough stick on hand) and slowly with my fingers pulling from the edge of the dough (photo 1) and bring it into center of the box. Until all come to a ball shape (see photo 2). Process it about 2-3min.

 (photo1)

(photo 2)

Step 3: Repeat Step 2 process for 2 to 3 times. Total time to prove the dough taken yesterday was 3 hours. The dough will become softer compare to the 1st round.

This is the proving after 2 hours:

I use a cover as in the photo: 

Step 4 After 3hours of proving: Prepare a piece of Air Fryer Parchment paper, oiled it. Placed it into Air Fryer. I did step 2 pulling the dough  after 3hours & shaped into a ball, then, transfer and place dough onto the parchment paper inside the Air Fryer container as shown in the photo. And let it prove to double size. Approximately 30mins:

This is after 30mins proving in Air Fryer (electricity off). After the dough sits in Air Fryer for proving. (total fermentation process - 3.5 hours). Sprinkle some flour before slitting it:

After slit: 

Step 5: Bake in Air Fryer for 20min in 180 degree Celsius, then, 190 degree Celsius for 5min. Next time I will pre-heat Air Fryer to experiment whether will there be a different. But this first try using Air Fryer is done without pre-heat. The result is good.

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