How To Make Toast In The Air Fryer

Wondering if you can ditch the toaster and just make toast in the air fryer? Well, you can, the air fryer makes amazing toast!

With kitchen gadgets now competing for counter top space, we've been testing the air fryers toast making ability! To see if we can actually ditch the toaster and free up some space.

And the result? Well, it was golden, crispy, perfectly toasted bread. And spread with butter and thick strawberry jam (or marmite, if you're a LOVER) makes the perfect quick breakfast.

Making Toast In The Air Fryer Is A Good Thing, Here’s Why! 

Quick and easy! - it only takes around 4 minutes to make beautifully golden, crispy toast in the air fryer. It's a brilliant way to make toast.

Use whatever bread you like - you can toast any kind of bread you fancy, we love thick slices of bloomer, but you can toast wholegrain, whole wheat bread, bagels, gluten-free bread, sourdough, bread rolls, or just plain sliced white.

Recipe For Air Fryer Toast 

Makes – 2 slices (easy to make more) and if you’re cooking toast in Ninja air fryer dual, you can cook 2 slices at once.

Prep Time – 10 seconds

Cook Time – 4-6 minutes (depending on how toasted you like your toast)

Total Time – around 5 minutes

Our Most Popular Alternative – Air Fryer Cheese And Ham Toastie

Equipment Needed

• Air Fryer – we now use a Ninja Foodi Max Dual Zone Air Fryer – the 9.5 litre two drawer cooking space is BRILLIANT when you’re cooking for a family or cook larger portions. And it makes cooking meat, chicken or fish and potatoes or air fry pasta bake at the same time super easy!

• Bread board

• Butter knife

• Tongs – just makes it easier to lift the cheese toastie from the air fryer basket. I’d 100% recommend you get yourself a set of silicone tongs if you do a lot of air fry cooking. They just make it so much easier to flip and remove food. Plus they don’t scratch the air fryer non-stick coating.

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Air Fryer Toast Ingredients

To make the basic air fryer toast, you'll just need two ingredients

• Slice of bread - we used white bread slices (it's our favourite)

• 1-2 teaspoon butter - or use your favourite plant-based spread

For calories, nutritional information and full instructions see recipe card below

How To Make Toast In The Air Fryer

It's really easy to make air fry toast, plus, with the air fryer you'll have space to add extra things into the basket to cook too!

Step One - toast the bread in the air fryer oven

• Place the bread in the air fryer and set to air fry for 4 minutes at 200C.

• After 2 minutes of cooking, flip the bread over using the silicone tongs so you don't burn fingers.

• Keep checking on the toast after around 4 minutes of cooking, then you can catch it at the level of golden brown toastiness you liked to eat.

Cooks Note! We don't preheat the air fryer for toast, but if you're cooking more than the two pieces remember the air fryer will already be hot, so the cooking time will be reduced.

Step Two - butter the toast

• Place your toast on a plate and spread with butter, add any toppings you fancy, make yourself a cup of coffee and tuck in to your easy air fryer breakfast!

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Cooks Tips! Because the air fryer blows air around the small cooking basket, air fryer toast is best made with chunky bread so it doesn't flap about as it cooks.

Air Fryer Toast Goes Great With...

• Jam - strawberry, raspberry or blueberry

• Marmalade - for the Paddington Bear vibes

• Cinnamon - you could just butter generously and sprinkle on some cinnamon.

• Marmite - if you're a lover not a hater!

• Cream Cheese - delicious on toasted bagels.

• Baked Beans - top with beans (and cheese too) for a quick breakfast or lunch.

• Avocado - top your toast with smashed avocado, and a jammy eggs.

• Eggs - air fryer eggs, scrambled eggs, or fried eggs are all perfect for breakfast. Plus you can cook air fryer eggs in little ramekins alongside the toast in the air fryer basket.

• Breakfast Sandwich - butter the toast and then load it up with bacon, sausages, eggs... even a hash brown, add your favourite sauce, red or brown. Sandwich together and enjoy!

• Garlic Toast - make little garlic toasts, rub the surface of the toast with whole peeled clove of garlic, then drizzle on some olive oil.

• Peanut Butter (or almond butter)- you could add sliced banana or strawberries too.

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More Air Fryer Snack Recipes To Try

• Air Fryer Nachos - honestly once you make air fryer nachos, you'll never do them any other way!
• Air Fryer Pizza Bagels - lovely little recipe for the kids tea, or as a snack.
• Air Fryer Cheese And Ham Toastie - using the air fryer is the BEST way to make toasted sandwiches!
• Air Fryer Fried Bread
• Air Fryer French Toast