Can you make cookies in the air fryer? These air fryer 4th of July cookies say it all. Tasty chocolate cakey cookies with red, blue and white m and m candies is what you need to make your next Fourth of July backyard party fun for the kids.
1Box 15.25 oz chocolate cake mix(Duncan Hines, Betty Crocker or Pillbury’s)
½Cupoil
2Large eggs
½CupMini M & M chocolate
2 Tablespoonsflour (optional for firmer cookies and will depend on brand of cake mix being used skip if using Pillsbury)
Instructions
Make the m and m cookie dough
Mix all ingredients together except the the m & m candies to form a dough.
Add ½ of the m & ms to the dough. Reserve the rest for when the cookies are baked.
Scoop cookie dough with small cookie scoop onto the palm of your hands. Roll into a ball and set aside. The goal of this is to hide the m and ms inside the ball so it doesn’t burn if it’s on top.
Flatten cookie dough with slightly befotr transferring to the parchment paper lined air fryer basket or racks if using an oven style air fryer.
Air fry
Bake at 350°F / 180°C for 6-8 minutes. With the Cosori dual blaze it baked in 7 mins. You can add one or two minutes if yours isn’t baked at that time depending on the air fryer you are using.
Pull out basket, gently push in the rest of the m and m candies into the top of the cookies then let the cookies cool for 5 mins before lifting out of the air fryer basket.
Repeat process for second batch.
Notes
Recipe makes 20 cookies depending on size of cookie scoop.
Leave space in between cookies as they will spread slightly
Leave out the 2 tablespoons of flour if the though is thick enough
Add the 2 Tablespoons or more it baking in a high altitude location.
The cookies will be soft right after baking. They firm up as they cool.
If you put the m and ms on top of the cookies before baking they will burn. That’s why I put them right after baking.
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