Easy air fryer puff pastry cinnamon rolls

I all the time have some chilled puff pastry within the fridge. It’s helpful for fast puddings, a topping for hen pie filling, and N fairly likes to make sausage rolls if we’ve additionally obtained sausagemeat within the freezer.  After Jusrol modified their recipe and technique for his or her able to bake cinnamon rolls, I made a decision attempting a cheat model is perhaps higher (and positively cheaper). So I ended up with these cheat’s air fryer puff pastry cinnamon rolls.

Okay, in order that they’re pastry and never an enriched dough. However they take minutes reasonably than hours. (The couple of occasions I’ve made correct cinnamon rolls I’ve managed to overcook them which was a waste of the time spent making them!).  

The essential factor is that they style simply nearly as good – cinnamony, fluffy, with a little bit of crispy pastry on the skin.

You may regulate the quantity of cinnamon in accordance with style, however I discovered mine had been good for me flavourwise the primary time of attempting.

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Cinnamon buns or cinnamon rolls?

The title appears to be used interchangeably.  I’ve known as them cinnamon rolls due to the rolled up form. However cinnamon buns even have the identical construction. Evidently cinnamon buns ought to have nuts in – however I’ve by no means seen a cinnamon bun with nuts on.  So I’m sticking with cinnamon rolls as a result of these aren’t fabricated from bun elements, however are rolled! However if you wish to add the nuts, you possibly can add chopped nuts of your alternative spreading them over the butter combination.

Do I would like an air fryer for these?

Strictly talking no, as a result of an airfryer simply does the identical as an oven. So for those who don’t have an air fryer, by all means add them to a shallow edged baking tray with a little bit of house round for enlargement. Bake for round quarter-hour at 180C.

The right way to get even cinnamon rolls, reasonably than wonky ones

I’ve to confess you’re unlikely to get excellent rolls such as you may with store purchased and even correctly made cinnamon rolls. My first try had been very wonky in form the best way they puff up. Nevertheless I labored out it’s essential roll from the brief finish, not the lengthy. That manner you could have extra of a swirl to carry them in place.

Use a pointy knife to chop the pastry log, in any other case you’ll squash the form of them an excessive amount of.

Whilst you wish to have a little bit house between the puff pastry cinnamon rolls as they’re cooking, the extra you could have within the house will assist them keep extra upright. 

You can too attempt placing every roll in a cupcake paper case to maintain them upright.  If you happen to do that technique utilizing silicone circumstances, they’ll in all probability want a little bit extra cooking time to get the underside cooked. (or simply flip them over at in regards to the ¾ via cooking level). I might attempt cooking these at a barely decrease temperature, for longer to keep away from them getting too darkish and crispy on prime.  I’ve not tried this fashion although so let me know for those who do that technique.

Do you want oil when air frying them?

No, since you’ve obtained the butter within the cinnamon rolls, and it’ll get a little bit oozy. So no want so as to add extra to the airfryer.

What gear may you want?

Clearly apart from an air fryer (I like my Ninja twin 9.5L), you may want:

• sharp knife – my favorite is a Santoku that was my Christmas current from my brother (he moans that none of our knives are ever sharp, so final yr’s reward was a extremely wonderful knife sharpener!)
• Baking paper*
• Wire baking racks*
• Piping bag kit*

Making air fryer puff pastry cinnamon rolls

They are surely easy little treats, prepared in minutes.  Simply keep in mind to depart out your pastry for 10 minutes to take the nippiness off it and simpler to unroll with out cracking.

Then combine the very comfortable butter with the cinnamon and sugar earlier than spreading that over the pastry. Then roll up the pastry from the shorter finish and minimize into even swirls.

The rolls don’t should be too tight as they’ll want room to puff out as they cook dinner, however attempt and ensure the sides are safe to keep away from them unravelling. I simply press the tip in of the roll earlier than slicing, and that appears to work nice.

Stand within the air fryer with the swirl vertically, leaving a little bit room inbetween. I minimize out squares of the baking paper the pastry is available in to face the rolls on within the air fryer. However they’re nice simply on the non stick crisper plates with out something beneath.

I take advantage of the bake setting on my Ninja air fryer for round 8 minutes, however for those who don’t have that setting then air fryer works too at 180C.  I did flip them with about 2 minutes to go.  However simply control them in order that they cook dinner via and don’t get too over achieved on prime and undercooked on the underside.

As soon as cooked you possibly can go away them within the open drawer for a bit to chill, or take away and placed on a wire cooking rack.

I made a decision to additionally add some icing – could as nicely have extra sweetness!  Simply take some icing sugar, and add a little bit water at a time, mixing till you get the consistency to drizzle it over. I used a round baking paper cone with the tip snipped off (the narrower neater drizzle), and a sandwich bag with the nook off (the thicker strains).

Serve as soon as the icing has cooled and set, for those who can final that lengthy.

Take a look at the detailed recipe under.

Air fryer puff pastry cinnamon rolls

Make these pastry cinnamon rolls within the air fryer

• 1 pack prepared rolled puff pastry
• 80 g unsalted butter softened at room temperature
• 4 tbsp demerara sugar
• 1 tbsp floor cinnamon
• chopped pecans non-obligatory

1. Take away the pastry from the fridge for about 10 minutes to allow you to unroll it with out it breaking. If frozen, then defrost within the fridge earlier than utilizing.

2. Combine the very comfortable butter with the cinnamon and sugar

3. Unroll the pastry and unfold the butter combination over it, leaving a little bit empty border at one brief finish. Sprinkle the nuts over if utilizing.

4. Roll up the pastry alongside from the brief finish. Push the tip of the pastry in a little bit to assist seal it.

5. Utilizing a pointy knife, minimize into 10ish rolls. I obtained 11 out of mine

6. Place in your air fryer upright leaving some house inbetween. On air fry setting cook dinner them at 180C for 8 minutes, checking with a few minutes to go and turning over if wanted.

7. Depart to chill barely within the open air fryer drawer whilst you put together the icing. In a bowl, put the icing sugar, then add sufficient water (begin with a tablespoon, then add a teaspoon at a time) till you could have a drizzling consistency.

8. Take away the pastry cinnamon rolls from the air fryer, placed on a plate or wire rack then drizzle over the icing utilizing a spoon, piping bag, or sandwich bag with the nook minimize off..

Alternatively, attempt these smores pastry swirls which might additionally work nicely within the air fryer, or take a look at 20 ways with puff pastry.

How do you want your cinnamon rolls?