Air Fryer Bread (Soft Matcha Black Sesame Loaf, No Knead, 30 Minutes Baking)

This air fryer bread is one of the recipes from our YouTube channel, and it shows that you don’t need an oven to bake a real loaf at home. It is a soft, fluffy European-style bread, coloured green with matcha and speckled with black sesame seeds. The whole loaf rises and bakes inside the air fryer basket.

The dough is a no-knead dough. Everything goes into one bowl, you stir it until no dry flour is left, and the fridge does part of the work. Then you pull and fold it with wet hands instead of kneading on the counter. That makes it a friendly first bread if kneading has always put you off.

You need everyday baking things: milk, yeast, one egg, sugar, bread flour and salt, plus 10 g of matcha powder and 20 g of black sesame. Every amount, temperature and time below comes from our video. The one thing the video doesn’t time is the rising, because that depends on how warm your kitchen is, so watch the dough rather than the clock.

The finished loaf has a crisp, floury top with deep slashes and a soft, open crumb inside. The matcha gives it a gentle tea flavour that isn’t sweet, so it is good for breakfast toast, with butter or next to a cup of coffee.

What you need

• Milk, 180 g.
• Yeast, 3 g.
• Egg, 1.
• Sugar, 30 g.
• High-gluten flour (bread flour), 250 g, plus plenty extra for the mat and the top.
• Salt, 2 g.
• Matcha powder, 10 g.
• Black sesame seeds, 20 g.
• A large bowl, a spatula, plastic wrap, baking paper and an air fryer with a basket big enough for a small loaf.

Out of eggs? Our guide on what to use instead of eggs lists the swaps people use most. Our video makes this bread with one egg, so we can only vouch for that version.

Air Fryer Bread (Matcha Black Sesame Loaf)

A soft, no-knead European-style loaf with matcha and black sesame. Stirred in one bowl, chilled 30 minutes, pulled and folded by hand, risen twice and baked in the air fryer at 150°C (about 300°F) for 20 minutes, then 10 more after turning it over.

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Chill 30 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 20 minutes mins

Servings: 1 loaf

Course: Bread, Breakfast

Ingredients Method Video Notes

Ingredients

  

Dough

• 180 g milk
• 3 g yeast
• 1 egg
• 30 g sugar
• 250 g high-gluten flour bread flour
• 2 g salt
• 10 g matcha powder
• 20 g black sesame seeds

For shaping and the top

• dry flour plenty, for the mat and for dusting

Method

 

1. Pour 180 g of milk into a large bowl.
2. Add 3 g of yeast.
3. Add 1 egg.
4. Add 30 g of sugar and 250 g of high-gluten (bread) flour.
5. Add 2 g of salt and 10 g of matcha powder.
6. Add 20 g of black sesame seeds.
7. Stir with a spatula until there is no dry flour left. The dough will be soft and sticky.
8. Cover the bowl and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
9. Wet your hands. Pull up the four sides of the dough one at a time and fold them into the middle.
10. Keep pulling and folding until the dough can no longer be stretched.
11. Let the dough rise until it is twice its original size.
12. Sprinkle plenty of dry flour on the dough mat, turn the dough out and press it lightly to release the air.
13. Fold the four sides into the middle, roll it up into a log and pinch the seam tightly closed.
14. Lay the loaf on baking paper in the air fryer basket with the air fryer switched off, cover it with plastic wrap and let it rise until it is twice as large.
15. Dust the top with dry flour and cut a few slashes across it.
16. Bake at 150°C (about 300°F) for 20 minutes.
17. Turn the loaf over and bake for another 10 minutes.
18. Let it cool a little, then slice and serve.

Video

Notes

All amounts, the temperature and the times come from our video. The video says 150 degrees without a unit; that is Celsius (about 300°F). It does not give times for the two rises, only “twice its original size”, so the total time here does not include rising; allow extra time for that, longer in a cool kitchen. The 20 minutes prep is our estimate.

Tips

• Wet your hands for the folds. The dough is sticky. Wet hands stop it clinging, just as our video shows.
• Fold until it fights back. Keep pulling and folding until the dough won’t stretch any more. That is what replaces kneading.
• Watch the dough, not the clock. Both rises are done when the dough is about twice its size. A warm kitchen is faster, a cool one slower.
• Proof it in the basket. Our video lets the shaped loaf rise in the air fryer with the power off, so you don’t have to move it before baking.
• Don’t skip the flip. Turning the loaf over for the last 10 minutes bakes the bottom, which sits away from the heat in most air fryers.

Questions people ask

Can you bake bread in an air fryer?

Yes. In our video a whole loaf rises in the air fryer basket and bakes at 150°C (about 300°F) for 20 minutes, then another 10 minutes after turning it over.

What temperature do you bake bread in an air fryer?

Our video says 150 degrees, which is Celsius, about 300°F. A low temperature lets the middle cook through before the top gets too dark.

Do I need to knead this bread?

No. The dough is stirred, chilled for 30 minutes and then pulled and folded with wet hands until it can no longer stretch.

Can I leave out the matcha?

Our video only shows the matcha and black sesame version. If you’d like a plain loaf, try our air fryer garden ciabatta, another bread from our channel.

You might also like

• No-knead air fryer garden ciabatta, another loaf baked in the air fryer.
• Flourless matcha cake, for more matcha from our videos.
• Rosemary and Parmesan dutch oven bread, if you’d rather bake in the oven.