Air Fryer Croissant

Who’ll not love warm, buttery, and flaky air fryer croissants? You can easily make this air fryer croissant in under 12 minutes.

The air fryer croissant texture is crispy and flaky on the outside and tender on the inside. They are perfect for a quick breakfast with a hot cup of coffee or cold milk.

You can make an air fryer croissant recipe using refrigerated canned croissant dough or make it from scratch.

Both the methods are easy and are worth making.

Today I’ll share both the canned and homemade croissant recipes, tips on making them perfect, and don’t miss out on what can be served with air fryer croissant.

How to make an air fryer croissant?

Let’s start with the refrigerated canned croissant dough. This air fryer frozen croissant is easy to make as you only need 1 ingredient. You can use a Pillsbury croissant air fryer.

Ingredients

• 1 can refrigerated Croissant Rolls

Instruction

1. First, you need to unroll the dough sheet and pat it out to make a triangle.
2. If you want to add some spread on your croissant you can add it at this moment. As I’m not adding anything I’ll start rolling them up.
3. For rolling you have to start from the widest end to the top point.
4. Following the same way, roll up the rest of the dough sheet and set it aside.
5. Preheat your air fryer at 180C/350F for 2-3 minutes. This process helps to cook the air fryer croissant evenly.
6. Place the croissant in the air fryer basket 2-3 a per batch according to the size of your air fryer basket. Cook them at 180C/350F for 5 minutes and flip them over and cook for another 4-5 minutes, until golden brown.
7. Remove the air fryer croissant and serve.

How do you make croissants from scratch?

If you want to bake an air fryer croissant at home, the ingredients and making process are simple and easy.

Ingredients

• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons active dry yeast
• ⅓ cup sugar
• 1 ¼ tablespoon unsalted butter(cold)
• 1 cup milk
• 1-2 eggs (for egg wash)
• ½ tablespoon choco chip
• 2 ¼ teaspoon salt

Instruction

1. Take a large mixing bowl and add all the dry ingredients first all-purpose flour, sugar, yeast, and salt stir them until combined. Add the choco-chip and combine.
2. Pour milk according to how you like your dough to form because you might not need the whole cup of milk.
3. After the croissant dough is formed wrap the dough with plastic wrap and let it sit for an hour.
4. Place the butter sticks directly or you can prepare the butter by arranging the butter sticks horizontally on a piece of plastic wrap. Add another layer of plastic wrap over it. Pound and roll out on both sides until the shape of the butter is a rectangle and refrigerate until the air fryer croissant dough is ready.
5. After an hour lightly flour the working area and roll the dough into a long triangle shape. Place the butter in the center of the dough and fold it like a letter into thirds.
6. Repeat the lamination process 4-6 times.
7. Then roll your air fryer croissant dough and give them the shape by following the instructions given above.
8. Let the croissant sit for another hour and you’ll start noticing the raise then brush them with egg wash.
9. Preheat your air fryer at 200C/400F for 2-3 minutes.
10. Place the croissant in an air fryer basket in a single layer and bake them at 200C/400F for 8-10 minutes and flip the croissant and bake for another 8-10 minutes on 180C/350F, until the croissant is golden brown on the outside.
11. Remove the croissant and serve them warm.

Air Fryer Croissant

Print Recipe

Who’ll not love warm, buttery, and flaky air fryer croissants? You can easily make this air fryer croissant in under 12 minutes. Happy airfrying & Bon Appetit.

• Author: Julia
• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Cook Time: 12 minutes
• Total Time: 17 minutes
• Yield: 1 1x
• Category: Breakfast
• Cuisine: Austria

Ingredients

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• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons active dry yeast
• 1 cup milk
• ⅓ cup sugar
• 1 ¼ tablespoon unsalted butter(cold)
• 1–2 eggs
• ½ handful choco chip
• 2 ¼ teaspoon salt

Instructions

1. Take a large mixing bowl and add all the dry ingredients first all-purpose flour, sugar, yeast, and salt stir them until combined. Add the choco-chip and combine.
   4 cups all-purpose flour, 4 teaspoons active dry yeast, ⅓ cup sugar, ½ handful choco chip, 2 ¼ teaspoon salt, 1-2 eggs
2. Pour milk according to how you like your dough to form because you might not need the whole cup of milk.
   1 cup milk
3. After the croissant dough is formed wrap the dough with plastic wrap and let it sit for an hour.
4. Place the butter sticks directly or you can prepare the butter by arranging the butter sticks horizontally on a piece of plastic wrap. Add another layer of plastic wrap over it. Pound and roll out on both sides until the shape of the butter is a rectangle and refrigerate until the air fryer croissant dough is ready.
   1 ¼ tablespoon unsalted butter(cold)
5. After an hour lightly flour the working area and roll the dough into a long triangle shape. Place the butter in the center of the dough and fold it like a letter into thirds.
6. Repeat the lamination process 4-6 times.
7. Then roll your air fryer croissant dough and give them the shape by following the instructions given above.
8. Let the croissant sit for another hour and you’ll start noticing the raise then brush them with egg wash.
9. Preheat your air fryer at 200C/400F for 2-3 minutes.
10. Place the croissant in an air fryer basket in a single layer and bake them at 200C/400F for 8-10 minutes and flip the croissant and bake for another 8-10 minutes on 350F, until the croissant is golden brown on the outside.
11. Remove the croissant and serve them warm.