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Air Fryer Croissants (from Frozen)

Air fryer frozen croissants cook up super fast and will be a great side dish to an easy dinner or alongside your breakfast. The air fried mini croissants cook up in much less time that your oven! Bon Apetit!
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Author Jen
Prep Time 3 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 23 minutes
Course Breakfast
Cuisine French
Servings 4 croissants
Calories 227 kcal

Equipment

  • air fryer
  • Rubber Tip Tongs

Ingredients
  

  • 4-8 mini frozen croissants

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the air fryer to 330 F for 3 minutes.
  • Add as many frozen mini croissants as will fit in air fryer basket or on the air fryer oven tray. The air fryer used to test this recipe was the Cosori XL model which perfectly held 4 frozen croissants from Trader Joes.
  • Place the frozen croissants upside down in the air fryer basket, making sure to space them out 2" apart for even browning.
  • The croissants will take about 13-15 minutes in total to air fry. Air fry the croissants for 7 minutes, and then flip them over so that they are face up. Continue air frying the croissants until they're cooked through and golden brown, which will take an additional 6-8 minutes. Your air fryer could "flip" the croissants for you as they defrost since they're so light!
  • Enjoy! Serve plain or with butter and jam.

Notes

  • This recipe has only been tested with the mini frozen croissant size, not full size frozen croissants, however, you just want to cook them until fluffy and golden brown regardless of size.
  • When the croissants were cooking top side down, as they defrosted they "flipped" themselves over during the cooking process since they were so light and the fan blew them over.
  • These are actual croissants and not the crescent rolls from a tube (they aren't the same thing), we used Trader Joe's brand croissants but any brand of frozen croissants will work.
  • We were only able to fit 4 mini croissants in an air fryer at a time, you might be able to cook more at once depending on the size of your air fryer.
  • If you skip preheating the air fryer, assume you'll need to add an extra few minutes to the cooking time.
  • Don't forget to start the croissants top down in the air fryer to prevent the top from getting too brown during cooking.

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