How To Cook Refrigerated Cookie Dough In The Air Fryer

Name: How To Cook Refrigerated Cookie Dough In The Air Fryer
Prep time: 2 min
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 9 min
Ingredients: 6 piece Tollhouse Cookie Dough (from a 24 cookie pack of dough, or homemade cookie dough)

Learn how to cook your cookie dough in your air fryer. Air fryer cookies are a quick and easy way to cook the perfect small batch of cookies.

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Did you ever crave a freshly baked cookie, but didn’t want to go through the hassle of baking an entire batch of cookies? In that case, these air fryer cookies are just the recipe for you! Air fryer chocolate chip cookies cook up soft in the middle with slightly crispy golden edges and are absolutely delicious.

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The best part about baking cookies in the air fryer is that there is no preheating the oven required, so they are done in no time. If you already have ready-made cookie dough in the fridge or freezer you can enjoy a fresh, warm cookie in only a few minutes.

Air fryer cookies are also the ideal solution if you don’t want to bake a large amount of cookies. You can bake just a few cookies or even one or two at a time for a quick, easy and super delicious treat.

Why You’ll Love This

Notable: quick way to make the perfect cookies in the air fryer
Main Ingredients: (premade) cookie dough
Cooking Method: air fryer
Cook Time: 2 minutes prep time and 7 minutes bake time
Diets: vegetarian
Special Equipment Needed: air fryer, piece of parchment paper or air fryer parchment paper

Freshly baked cookies on a serving platter

Ingredients

You may have all of these ingredients for these chocolate chip air fryer cookies in your refrigerator or pantry and not need to make a trip to the grocery store! If this is your first time making this air fryer cookie recipe you might want to read the possible variations before deciding on your ingredients.

Toll House Cookies In Air Fryer Ingredients

6 pieces Toll house refrigerated cookie dough (from a 24 cookie pack of pre-made cookie dough)

Optional Garnish

more semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips

Variations and Substitutions

Cookie Dough: You can substitute your favorite homemade chocolate chip cookie recipe for refrigerated or frozen premade cookie dough.

Peanut Butter Cookies: You can substitute peanut butter cookie dough for chocolate chip cookie dough. You can even make sugar cookies in the air fryer.

3 pieces of premade refrigerator cookie dough.

WHAT TO MAKE NEXT: If you love this frozen cookie dough in air fryer recipe, try air frying homemade dough. You’ll love our Better Than Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe. Soft, slightly gooey and bursting with chocolate chips, it’s just to die for!

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Air Fryer – This recipe requires an air fryer. We have both this Cosori air fryer, which is wonderful, and this Cuisinart Air Fryer, which we also love. The Cuisinart also has convection oven and toaster oven capacity. You can buy an air fryer with a basket with high sides that food goes into or a tray type of machine. The trays are shallow but are usually longer and can accomodate more food in a single layer.

Instructions

This section shows how to bake cookies in the air fryer, with step-by-step photos and details about the technique. For full step-by-step instructions, photos and nutritional information see the printable recipe in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.

SHAPE COOKIE DOUGH: Firstly, break the premade dough into pieces. Most air fryers will have room for about 6 cookies. Then roll each piece of chocolate chip cookie dough into a ball. If using your own cookie dough, use about 1 tablespoon of cookie dough. Afterwards slightly flatten raw cookie dough balls.

flattened cookie balls on parchment paper

BAKE: Place parchment paper on the bottom of your air fryer basket/tray. Poke holes in the paper to allow hot air to pass through. Do not cut paper a lot larger than you need, and make sure it does not touch the heating element. Afterwards, place air fry cookie dough into the lined air fryer basket. Then cook at 300°F for 7-8 minutes until golden brown with crispy edges. In case you are cooking less cookies you will need less cooking time.

SERVE: Finally, remove the air fryer chocolate chip cookies from the air fryer and let them cool on a wire rack for a couple of minutes before eating them.

raw cookie dough on bottom of air fryer.

cooked chocolate chip cookies in air fryer basket.

WHAT TO MAKE NEXT: If you love this chocolate chip cookie recipe then you have to try Stef’s amazing Butterscotch Cookies with Toffee. These delicious cookies are super fudgy and chewy with golden crisp edges.

Homemade Cookie Dough In The Air Fryer

In case you don’t have an air fryer cookie recipe or favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe already, grab your bowl, all-purpose flour, white sugar, brown sugar, room temperature butter, eggs, baking soda, baking powder, vanilla extract, sea salt and chocolate chips and make our Better Than Toll House Cookie Dough. Our easy recipe cooks them into cookie bars but just stir these up with a hand mixer or stand mixer, use about a tablespoon of batter and air fry these cookies. For best results, use a cookie scoop.

Stef says….

What’s better than a freshly baked batch of melt-in-your mouth Double Chocolate Chip Cookies?! I, for one, never get bored of them – they’re rich and chocolate-y, soft on the inside while slightly chewy on the outside.

Can You Use Parchment Paper in an Air Fryer?

Yes, you can definitely use parchment paper in an air fryer. But prevent fires by following our air fryer parchment paper instructions. Parchment paper can be very useful, especially when cooking cookies. We recommend using a piece of parchment paper just a bit larger than your cookies will cook up to be.

Can You put Aluminum Foil in an Air Fryer for Cookies?

The answer is yes, and no. We recommend you read all about using foil in an air fryer before using it. For cookies, we highly recommend parchment paper over foil.

Recipe Tips

Follow these tips to make the best freshly baked cookie in the air fryer.

Tip: Use high quality store-bought cookie dough or homemade dough.
Tip: Do not overfill the basket of the air fryer, rather bake cookies in small batches. Depending on the size of your air fryer you most likely wont be able to bake more than 6 cookies at a time.
Tip: Line the bottom of the basket with air fryer parchment paper or a silicone mat.

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In case you also think there is nothing better than a warm cookie, then you’ll love our other cookie inspired dessert recipes:

Andrea says….

I love easy air fryer cookies, because I am only 10 minutes away from fresh cookies. This easy way of baking cookies comes in especially handy when I want to surprise my family with a yummy dessert on a busy weeknight.

More Easy Cookie Bar Recipes

Do you love the convenience of no chill, no shape cookie bars? Then you have to try one of our other scrumptious cookie bar recipes:

How To Store

Room Temperature: You can store completely cooled leftover air fryer cookies in an airtight container or ziploc bag on the counter for up to 4 days.

Freeze: Wrap individual cookies in plastic wrap or separate cookies with parchment paper before freezing to keep them from sticking together. Then transfer to a freezer safe container or freezer bag. You can freeze cookies for up to 3 months.

Defrosting: A great way to defrost homemade cookies is on the counter.

Common Questions

Can you cook cookie dough in an air fryer?

Yes, you can. Air fryer cookies come out with slightly crispy edges but still soft and chewy in the middle. They can be ready in only a couple of minutes and are best eaten while they are still warm. This air fryer method comes in especially handy when you want to bake only a small number cookies super fast.

How long do you cook cookies in the air fryer?

How long you need to bake your cookies in the air fryer depends on how big your dough balls are and on how crispy or chewy you like them. Following our recipe, we recommend baking 6 cookies at 300ºF for about 7-8 minutes. In case you decide to bake less cookies you will have to reduce baking time.

What temperature do you cook cookies in the air fryer?

We recommend baking cookies in the air fryer at 300ºF. This temperature ensures that your cookies don’t get overly brown before they are cooked through. You can also bake them at a higher temperature such as 320-350ºF, but you will have to reduce cooking time by 2-3 minutes. Start checking them at the 5 minute mark to make sure they don’t get too brown.

Can You Freeze Cookie Dough?

Absolutely! We recommend to shape your cookie dough into ready to use balls and freeze them on a plate, board or baking sheet first. As soon as they are solid you can transfer them to an airtight freezer safe container or freezer bag. You can keep your cookie dough in the freezer for up to 3 months.

Can You Bake Frozen Cookies in an Air Fryer?

You can definitely bake frozen cookie dough in the air fryer. There is no need to defrost your dough balls before putting them into the air fryer. However, you will have to increase baking time by 1-2 minutes. Note that if you bake frozen cookie dough it will keep its shape a lot more and produce smaller and taller cookies. But they are still insanely delicious.

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