Best Vegan Biscuits Recipe in the Air Fryer (or Oven) (2024)

Want a vegan biscuit recipe you can bake anytime of year, without having to turn on the oven? Try these easy air fryer vegan biscuits, which take only 6 minutes to cook. They’re fluffy, buttery, and perfect morning, noon, and night!

I love topping my biscuits with this creamy vegan southern gravy or this homemade vegan butter spread. They also pair fantastically with this vegan lentil sausage or vegan turkey.

Why this recipe works

Have you ever wondered if you could bake a vegan biscuits recipe in the air fryer? Chances are, if you have one of these amazing contraptions, the thought has crossed your mind– well, that’s exactly what happened to me anyway.

You see, in the south biscuits are appreciated year ’round, for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Nothing beats homemade biscuits, but with the seasons comes times of extreme southern heat. Turning the oven on can make the house feel more like a sauna from hell, making one question the quest for biscuits in July.

That’s one reason why I LOVE the air fryer so much!! I can bake biscuits without the sweat, and enjoy all the amazing feelings you get when biting into a fresh, fluffy, buttery biscuit.

Btw, check out these instructions on using parchment paper in the air fryer. Don’t have an air fryer? Check out the directions for traditional oven baking.

Why vegan biscuits are important to southerners

It’s hard to explain how important biscuits are to the true southerner. It’s not just about pleasure or tangible gain in food form. It’s about story.

Because baking biscuits is like hearing your favorite bedtime story read aloud or listening to your mom talk in a low, slow voice for a very long time at the kitchen table. You enjoy experiencing it again and again, being wrapped up in it, and feeling it in your soul.

True, not all biscuits are created equal, and you know when the story isn’t right. But when you nail it, with all the right notes in just the right place, you can be taken on a southern adventure inside your heart. And that’s what I feel when I eat homemade biscuits– a choir of sweet southern stories that make me come back for more.

I hope that you enjoy this vegan biscuits recipe, and that they hit that special spot.

What to serve with this vegan biscuits recipe

Wanna know what you can serve with these vegan biscuits? How about these recipes:

1. Seriously the Best Vegan Breakfast Sausage Recipe Ever
2. Homemade Healthy Dairy-Free Butter
3. Easy Carrot Apple Soup (And Why Southerners Can’t Enjoy Fall)
4. Allergy-Friendly Vegan Summer Stew
5. Early Risers Will Love This Simple Vegan Egg Sandwich!

Frequently Asked Questions

Recipe ingredients

• Unbleached, all-purpose white flour. I like using Bob’s Red Mill or King Arthur’s Flour brands.
• Sugar. You can use any granulated sugar you want. I prefer using organic cane sugar since it is not processed using bone char.
• Baking powder.
• Salt. I use Himalayan pink salt.
• Dairy-free butter. My favorite brand is Earth Balance, but any dairy-free butter will do.
• Full-fat coconut milk (or another plant-based milk of your choice).

Air Fryer instructions

1. In a medium mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add softened vegan butter. Using a fork (or pastry dough blender), cut the butter into the flour, until the mixture resembles small crumbs.
2. Add in coconut milk and mix again, until dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. The dough will be sticky.
3. Turn dough out on a floured surface and kneed 8-10 times (this helps create a flaky biscuit!). Roll dough out to be about 1-inch thick. Using a small jar (mine was 2 ½ inches diameter) or biscuit cutter, cut biscuits out of the dough. Kneed remaining dough together and repeat this process until all dough is used up.
4. Prepare parchment paper for the air fryer and set aside. Set air fryer to 400° F (204° C) on the BAKE setting for 6 minutes.
5. Once the air fryer reads ADD FOOD, remove the basket and carefully line with prepared parchment paper. Transfer biscuits (in batches of about 9) and return basket to air fryer. Check to see how the biscuits are browning after about 4 minutes. Bake until golden brown on the top and remove from basket. Repeat process until all remaining biscuits are cooked.

Allergy Information and Substitutions

• These biscuits are 100% vegan, meaning they are dairy-free and egg-free. They are also naturally nut-free.
• Make them gluten-free by using a gluten-free all purpose flour of your choice, such as Bob’s Red Mill brand (the blue bag). Just keep in mind that rolling may be more of a challenge– you can also try doing drop biscuits instead of rolling.
• Don’t want to use coconut milk? Swap it out for another plant-based milk of your choice, or water.
• Don’t want to use vegan butter? These biscuits can be made with coconut oil, but I would suggest using another plant milk (or water) instead of full-fat coconut milk. Also keep in mind that they may not roll the same.

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