These Air Fryer Toll House Cookies take just 10 minutes to bake up soft or crispy, with almost no prep and any flavor of Toll House cookie dough. Just bake frozen or refrigerated Toll House cookie dough in the air fryer, and you've got yourself a classic cookie (or a whole batch)!
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- ✔️ Why bake cookies in the air fryer?
- 🍪 Ingredient
- 🥣 How to make toll house cookies in the air fryer (instructions)
- ❓ Do you have to use parchment paper for cookies in the air fryer?
- 😋 How to make toll house cookie dough better
- 🌟 Storage and freezing
- 📖 How to reheat cookies in air fryer
- 👨🏻🍳 Expert notes & tips
- 🍴 Ways to serve air fryer cookies
- 🙋🏻♂️ Frequently asked questions
- 📖 Recipe
- 💬 Comments
✔️ Why bake cookies in the air fryer?
Quick Cookies: These small batch cookies in the air fryer are ready in as little as 6 minutes for a soft cookie or 9 minutes for a crispy one, making it even easier to make cookies for one at any time.
Small Batch Cookies: If you use pre made cookies in the air fryer, you can easily make one to four of any air fryer cookies recipe in under 10 minutes.
Customizable: you can top Tollhouse cookie dough with almost anything (see below), and shape it thick or thin, cooking it soft or crispy depending on how to like your oven-fresh cookies.
🍪 Ingredient
Nestle Toll House Cookie Dough: you can use refrigerated or frozen Toll House cookie dough in the air fryer, but note that if you're baking it directly from frozen, you'll want to add one extra minute to your bake time.
🥣 How to make toll house cookies in the air fryer (instructions)
Step 1. Preheat your air fryer to 300°F (150°C) on the air fry setting rather than the bake or any other setting. While it warms up, flatten and/or form your cookie dough for either thicker or thinner cookies in the air fryer. This is the best time to roll them in sprinkles, chopped nuts, or chopped candy canes, etc.
💡 Pro-Tip: for crispier, more melt-in-your-mouth cookies, add the glass or metal container to the air fryer before preheating.
Step 2. Then put these cookie dough balls into the basket of the air fryer, with or without parchment (see recipe notes), about 2" apart and close the air fryer. I find either four or six fit best in my medium-sized countertop air fryer, with or without a container or basket insert, respectively. How many fit in your own air fryer will vary.
Step 3. Bake the cookies for 7-8 minutes in the air fryer, with less time making softer, meltier cookies and more time yielding crispier, more browned cookies. Check on the cookies at 6 minutes, if your air fryer runs hot.
💡 Pro-Tip: for the mini Toll House chocolate chip cookies, bake for 4-5 minutes, checking on them after the five-minute mark.
Your air fried toll house cookies will be done after they reach your ideal doneness and you've let them set for 3-5 minutes before scooping them up.
This is the benefit of using a baking sheet in the air fryer, if you need to make more than one batch and keep the air fryer hot for the next one. Serve hot, or allow to cool on a wire rack or cool counter for 30 minutes before storing.
❓ Do you have to use parchment paper for cookies in the air fryer?
Not at all! In fact, after testing 5 different methods of cooking toll house cookies in the air fryer, I found that the best method for baking cookies in the air fryer is to bake them directly on the bottom of the frying basket at a lower temp.
This is because of all the frozen cookie doughs baked in the air fryer, even with 4 or 6 one-ounce cookies, all of them were too light to keep a piece of parchment paper laying flat. If that's all you have, you need to either cook at least 8 cookies, leave it out entirely, or be okay with smushed cookies and a flapping sound coming from the air fryer
Alternately, you can use aluminum foil in place of parchment paper (I recommend buttering it), or you can place foil underneath and around the edges of the parchment paper to keep it heavier, if you're truly worried about it catching fire.
😋 How to make toll house cookie dough better
There are a ton of toppings to put onto raw cookie dough. Here are a few of my favorite, plus when in the baking process to add each one (don't forget to push them down into the dough!):
- Mini Marshmallows (when raw)
- Rainbow Sprinkles or Jimmies (when raw)
- Chopped Pecans (when raw)
- Chopped Candy Canes (when raw)
- Crushed Potato Chips (2 minutes before done; push them into the soft dough)
- Fruity Pebbles (2 minutes before done; push them into the soft dough)
- Dried Cranberries (when raw)
- Coconut Flakes (when raw)
- Course Salt
🌟 Storage and freezing
You can store unused cookie dough in an airtight bag or container in the fridge for up to a week, or in the freezer for up to one year.
Any extra baked cookies (if somehow there are some) can be kept in an airtight bag or container in the fridge for up to 5 days, or in the freezer for up to six months.
📖 How to reheat cookies in air fryer
Reheat Cookies From Frozen: place carefully into air fryer, then set to 300°F (150°C) without preheating, cooking for just 3 minutes for one cookie, but 4 minutes for two or more cookies.
Reheat Cookies From Fridge: place carefully into air fryer, then set to 300°F (150°C) without preheating, cooking for just 2-3 minutes for one cookie, but 3 minutes for two or more cookies.
Reheat Cookies From Room Temp: place carefully into air fryer, then set to 300°F (150°C) without preheating, cooking for just 1-2 minutes for one cookie, but the full 2 minutes for two or more cookies.
👨🏻🍳 Expert notes & tips
Toll House vs. Pillsbury: Compared to Nestle's Toll House cookie dough, the Pillsbury cookie dough falls apart a lot more and really stays soft on the inside but crisp when you bite into it at room temperature. Because of that, if you can wait that long, I recommend letting the cookies sit for at least 3 minutes with the air fryer open.
Alternately, remove the baking container from the air fryer and set it on a cool surface before you remove them. I also like Pillsbury better at room temperature than Nestle's, but I like the warm Nestle's Toll House better than the warm Pillsbury, which falls apart too easily.
Shaping Cookies: I recommend you flatten the cookies a bit if they come in a tray like mine, though you have the most control if they come in log-form or are homemade.
Testing Doneness: to test air fryer cookies for doneness, look at the color on the outside and the color in any creases. Once the outside is golden to medium brown, they're fully done and will overcook if baked longer than 12 minutes, as they continue cooking for a few minutes after the air fryer is turned off.
Smelly Cookies?: Make sure your air fryer is super clean, otherwise anything else you've cooked in there can flavor the cookies.
🍴 Ways to serve air fryer cookies
- serve warm with a scoop of ice cream on top
- smear on some homemade jam
- slather with your favorite frosting and decorate for the holidays
- drizzle on your favorite hot fudge sauce
- use them to make homemade ice cream sandwiches
🙋🏻♂️ Frequently asked questions
It's better to air fry cookies if you're in a rush, because air fried cookies bake faster than in the oven.
No, you just need to add 1 minute to the lowest amount of bake time indicated in the recipe or on the packaging, with no need to thaw frozen cookie dough.
Yes, to bake just one cookie in the air fryer, you can make it in a glass container or on a metal sheet, or even in the bottom of the air fryer.
Yes, and you don't need to spray the container before baking the cookies, even if you don't use a liner.
No, you don't have to preheat your air fryer before adding the cookies, but you'll want to add an extra minute to your preferred doneness time in order to allow the air fryer time to get hot enough.
Absolutely! You can use the same method, tips, and timing to bake Toll House chocolate chip cookies, sugar cookies, or peanut butter cookies in the air fryer. It doesn't have to be the prepackaged ones, either; you can use the famous Toll House cookie recipe, made with any type of chocolate chips you like
Put the cookie dough into the air fryer as circular as possible, making them more spherical in your palms, if needed, to form a thick chocolate chip cookie.
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📖 Recipe
Quick Toll House Cookies in Air Fryer (Nestle)
Ingredients
- Nestle Toll House Cookie Dough
Instructions
- Preheat your air fryer to 300°F (150°C) on the air fry setting rather than the bake or any other setting. While it warms up, flatten and/or form your cookie dough for either thicker or thinner cookies in the air fryer. This is the best time to roll them in sprinkles, chopped nuts, or chopped candy canes, etc. Pro-tip: for crispier, more melt-in-your-mouth cookies, add the glass or metal container to the air fryer before preheating.
- Then put these cookie dough balls into the basket of the air fryer, with or without parchment (see recipe notes), about 2" apart and close the air fryer. I find either four or six fit best in my medium-sized countertop air fryer, with or without a container or basket insert, respectively. How many fit in your own air fryer will vary.
- Bake the cookies for 7-8 minutes in the air fryer, with less time making softer, meltier cookies and more time yielding crispier, more browned cookies. Check on the cookies at 6 minutes, if your air fryer runs hot. For the mini Toll House chocolate chip cookies, bake for 5-8 minutes, checking on them after the five-minute mark.
- Your air fried toll house cookies will be done after they reach your ideal doneness and you've let them set for 3-5 minutes before scooping them up. This is the benefit of using a baking sheet in the air fryer, if you need to make more than one batch and keep the air fryer hot for the next one. Serve hot, or allow to cool on a wire rack or cool counter for 30 minutes before storing.
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