Air Fryer Bagels
These Air Fryer Bagels are made in just 15 minutes with Greek yogurt and no yeast. I topped them with Everything bagel seasoning but you can totally make them plain. They’re soft, chewy and taste so close to the traditional bagels.
Air Fryer Bagels With Herbed Cream Cheese
Brunch got even better with these 15 minute Air Fryer bagels. These homemade bagels are soft, chewy, and taste fantastic with herbed cream cheese and smoked salmon. Great for Mother’s Day breakfast or Brunch! I’m putting this recipe out here so that my family can make homemade bagels for me. 😉
I’m not going to lie, you might find they’re slightly different than the traditional boiling method but they’re pretty darn good for a homemade bagel. These bagels get cooked in the Air Fryer in 12 to 15 minutes. So easy and fast!
These Air Fryer Bagels need only 3 ingredients including Greek yogurt. I’ve made plain bagels but my family loves Everything Bagels seasoning in it. I’ve also added the seasoning to the dough so that the bagels have extra flavor, just like the Everything bagels we get here. You can make plain bagels without adding the seasoning to the dough. It’ll still be delicious.
If you love making delicious breakfast in your Air fryer, you’ll love Air Fryer Banana Bread and Air Fryer Blueberry Scones! For more tasty Air Fryer breakfasts, check my Air Fryer Recipe Collection.
Ingredients For Air Fryer Bagels
- All Purpose Flour – Substitute with 1 cup of self-raising flour and only 1/2 teaspoon baking powder. Omit the salt.
- Greek Yogurt – use Plain Greek yogurt. Avoid using “Greek Style Yogurt” as they’re regular yogurt.
- Baking powder – this along with the yogurt give rise to the dough.
- Salt
- Everything Bagel Seasoning– optional but adds extra flavor.
What Is Everything Bagel Seasoning
It is a seasoning mix of six ingredients that you can sprinkle on anything, on bagels obviously and in avocado toast, eggs and salads . It’s nutty, garlicky, crunchy, and tastes amazing!
You can pretty much find it in any store but if you fancy making your own, here’s what you need:
- 2 teaspoons Black sesame seeds
- 4 teaspoons White sesame seeds
- 2 teaspoons Dried garlic flakes
- 2 teaspoons Dried minced onion
- 2 teaspoons Poppy seeds
- 1 teaspoon Coarse sea salt
Mix everything together in a jar and shake. Sprinkle on anything!
How To Make Air Fryer Bagels
Scroll below for the printable recipe card and ingredient measurements.
In a large mixing bowl, mix together all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, and Everything seasoning. Add the Greek yogurt to the dry ingredients.
Mix until a dough ball forms. Knead it for a few minutes. The dough will be a bit sticky. Transfer it to a floured surface. Cut the bagel dough into four equal-sized portions.
Roll each portion of dough into an 8-inch to 10-inch long rope. Dust the rope and surface with flour if needed. Take each rope and wet the ends with some water to seal them. Shape the bagel dough until you get a nice circular shape.
Beat the egg with a splash of water. Brush the bagel tops with the beaten egg. Sprinkle Everything seasoning on the bagels.
Preheat Air fryer at 300F for 3 minutes. Brush or spray the Air fryer basket with oil. Place the bagels carefully on the air fryer basket. Air fry bagels for 12 to 15 minutes until bagels have risen and tops are golden brown. Let it cool for 5 minutes before slicing.
How To Make Herbed Cream Cheese
These Air fryer everything bagels are so delicious, spread with herbed cream cheese. Here’s how to make it:
Whisk together cream cheese, chopped dill, and lemon juice until combined. Taste and add more lemon juice if needed. You can add chopped chives or parsley to this spread.
Air Fryer Bagel Topping Ideas
I love to make bagels with different toppings. My kids love it too and they use so many. Here are some of our favorite bagel toppings:
- Sesame seeds
- Poppy seeds
- Cheese – Cheddar cheese, Parmesan cheese, Mozzarella cheese, Asiago cheese all taste great sprinkled on top
- Cinnamon sugar – make your bagels sweet by sprinkling coarse sugar mixed with some cinnamon
How To Make Air Fryer Bagel Sandwich
Enjoy these Air fryer bagels in an awesome bagel sandwich! Let me show you how to assemble one:
- Cut the bagel in half. I’m always a butter your bread person, but to butter or not is up to you.
- Spread the herbed cream cheese on the bagel halves.
- Layer a slice or two of smoked salmon on the bottom half of the bagel.
- Place thinly sliced red onions on the salmon slice.
- Sprinkle some capers and chopped dill on top of the onions.
- Close with theother half of the bagel.
- Enjoy!
How To Store And Reheat
- Store leftover bagels in an airtight container in the fridge for 3 to 4 days.
- Reheat them in the Air fryer at 350F for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Freeze the bagels in a ziplock bag in the freezer for 3 months
- Reheat from frozen – Air fry at 380F for 5 to 6 minutes until warm.
Can you toast bagels in the Air fryer?
You absolutely can. Toast the bagels in the Air fryer at 350F for 5 minutes until warm and toasted.
More Air Fryer Recipes You’ll Enjoy:
- Air Fryer Banana Bread
- Air Fryer Blueberry Scones
- Air Fryer Sausages
- Air Fryer Crispy Potatoes
- Air Fryer French Toast Sticks
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Recipe
Air Fryer Bagels With Herbed Cream Cheese
Equipment
- Air Fryer
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp everything bagel seasoning and 2 tbsp more for topping
- 1 cup greek yogurt
- 1 egg
Herbed Cream Cheese
- 4 oz cream cheese
- ½ tbsp Fresh dill chopped
- 1 tsp lemon juice
To Serve The Bagels
- 4 slices smoked salmon
- 2 tsp capers
- red onion thinly sliced
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, and Everything seasoning. Add the Greek yogurt to the dry ingredients.
- Mix until a dough ball forms. Knead it for a few minutes. The dough will be a bit sticky. Transfer it to a floured surface. Cut the bagel dough into four equal-sized portions.
- Roll each portion of dough into an 8-inch to 10-inch long rope. Dust the rope and surface with flour if needed. Take each rope and wet the ends with some water to seal the ends. Shape the bagel dough until you get a nice circular shape.
- Beat the egg with a splash of water. Brush the bagel tops with the beaten egg. Sprinkle Everything seasoning on the bagels.
- Preheat Air fryer at 300F for 3 minutes. Brush or spray the Air fryer basket with oil. Place the bagels carefully on the air fryer basket. Air fry bagels for 12 to 15 minutes until bagels have risen and tops are golden brown. Let it cool for 5 minutes before slicing.
To make the herbed cream cheese:
- Whisk together cream cheese, chopped dill, and lemon juice until combined. Taste and add more lemon juice if needed. You can add chopped chives or parsley to this spread.
To assemble Air fryer bagel sandwich:
- Cut the bagel in half. Spread the herbed cream cheese on the bagel halves. Layer a slice or two of smoked salmon on the bottom half of the bagel. Place red onions on the salmon slice.Sprinkle some capers and chopped dill on top of the onions.Close with theother half of the bagel.Enjoy!
Notes
- Store leftover bagels in an airtight container in the fridge for 3 to 4 days.
- Reheat them in the Air fryer at 350F for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Freeze the bagels in a ziplock bag in the freezer for 3 months
- Reheat from frozen – Air fry at 380F for 5 to 6 minutes until warm.
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Hi, I was wondering if it would be possible to freeze the dough prior to baking so that I could just prep them for later?
Hi Jakub, I freeze the finished bagels but have never frozen the dough. You could try freezing the dough and thawing in the fridge overnight. Let me know if you try it out.
This was so good. Wasn’t sure it would turn out. It was delicious. We used cream cheese salmon spread on them. Fantastic!
That’s amazing, Judy.Thanks for letting us know 🙂
What is everything bagel seasoning
Where to buy
Hi Margo, Everything bagel seasoning is a seasoning mix of 6 ingredients: black sesame seeds, white sesame seeds, poppy seeds, dried garlic, dried onion, flaked salt. It’s available in most stores like Walmart, Target, Costco etc.