Air Fryer Cinnamon Rolls in 15 Minutes!
15-Minute Air Fryer Cinnamon Rolls!
Homemade mini cinnamon rolls in just 15 minutes from start to finish! No eggs, no yeast, no rising. These air fryer cinnamon rolls are super easy and quick. My kids can even make these! And we all definitely love eating them!
The dough is incredibly simple! You can even start eating these homemade cinnamon rolls in less time than it takes to preheat the oven!
Watch me make these quick and easy Air Fryer Cinnamon Rolls in this 3-minute video!
Ingredients and Supplies needed to make Air Fryer Cinnamon Rolls:
Ingredients:
Dough
Filling
Icing
Supplies:
- Medium mixing bowl
- Whisk
- Rolling pin
- Sharp knife
- air fryer
What is the texture like?
Don’t get me wrong, they’re no buttermilk cinnamon rolls or caramel apple cinnamon rolls, but these air fryer cinnamon rolls are definitely a tasty little snack or treat. They taste even better than I expected, especially with cream cheese icing! They aren’t super fully, but these air fry cinnamon roll will do in a pinch for sure.
How to make your own self rising flour:
Self-Rising Flour Substitute
If you don’t have self-rising flour, no problem. Try this substitution…
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
(A gluten-free all-purpose flour should work in place of the flour, but I haven’t personally tried it.)
Type of Icing to use for this air fryer cinnamon roll recipe
A delicious cream cheese icing is the perfect way to top off air fryer cinnamon rolls, or any cinnamon roll for that matter. I like to use clear vanilla in icing recipes like this because it stays a nice white color, but either way it will taste yummy! If you don’t like cream cheese, you can omit it or make your own favorite cinnamon roll glaze or icing.
How to make Air Fryer Cinnamon Rolls:
Step 1: Make dough
Mix together self-rising flour, milk, and melted butter. That’s it!
Super easy to measure out the flour and milk by placing the mixing bowl on a kitchen scale, taring, then weighing for each of those ingredients. The dough mixture should be soft and smooth in the end, like playdough.
Step 2: Mix cinnamon roll filling
In a mixing bowl, combine brown sugar, cinnamon, cornstarch, and melted butter until it ends up almost like a spreadable paste.
Step 3: Roll out dough
Roll out the dough, spread on the filling, roll the dough up, and cut evenly into rolls.
Lightly pinch edge to seal. Cut into 9 rolls, each about 1 to 1 1/2 inches thick.You can use a piece of floss or a serrated knife. I love that air fryer cinnamon rolls are no fuss and no rising!
Step 4: Prepare air fryer
You’ll want to oil or grease your air fryer basket because you don’t want the dough or filling to stick too badly to the basket. Or you can use air fryer parchment paper.
Step 5: Air fry cinnamon rolls
Lightly press down on the tops of each roll. Place rolls in the air fryer. Cook at 350˚F or 177˚C for 5 minutes. (Cooking time may vary depending on your air fryer so check on them before 5 minutes is up to make sure they don’t overcook.)
Step 5: Make Creamy cheese frosting or icing
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Final Thoughts
If you are looking for a cinnamon roll recipe with simple ingredients and that you don’t have to wait for the dough to rise in the refrigerator, this air fryer cinnamon roll recipe is just what you need!
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Air Fryer Cinnamon Rolls in 15 Minutes!
Equipment
Ingredients
Filling
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ½ tablespoon cinnamon
- ½ tablespoon cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons butter melted
Icing
- 1 ounce cream cheese softened
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla
- ½ tablespoon milk
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, mix together the self-rising flour and milk until dough is just starting to come together. Add the melted butter and mix until combined. May need to use hands to finishing mixing. Dough should be soft and smooth, like playdough.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the filling ingredients - brown sugar, cinnamon, cornstarch, melted butter. Set aside.
- Lightly flour or oil surface. Roll dough into rectangle shape, between 1/8- and 1/4-inch thick, about 12 inches by 8 inches. Spread filling over dough, leaving some space on the long edges. Roll dough up tightly, starting with long edge. Lightly pinch edge to seal. Cut into 9 rolls, each about 1 to 1 1/2 inches thick.
- Oil your air fryer basket or use parchment paper. Lightly press down on the tops of each roll. Place rolls in the air fryer. Cook at 350˚F/177˚C for 5 minutes. (Cooking time may vary depending on your air fryer.)
- Meanwhile, mix together cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk for the icing.
- Pipe or spread the icing over the tops of the warm rolls. Best served warm and fresh. Enjoy!
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Moderately tasty, but so dense more like a heavy biscuit…
Yep, definitely dense because there are just 3 ingredients and no yeast and no rising.
This is the first time I ever baked cinnamon rolls. They were fantastic. I love using our air fryer especially since watching your videos, sky is the limit. I have since bought a convection oven with air fry option and sadly I haven’t used it as much as I thought. Wish you had one to inspire me even more. Lol. I know I can double or even triple my recipes but it’s a little different. Love your videos.
Yay! So happy to hear it, Kelly! Thanks for the review! 🙂 And sorry, no air fryer oven coming my way anytime soon!
Do you have a cookbook for air fryer recipes? Also I would love a copy of your temperature sheet. Love your videos but a written version is very much required for us older folk.
Thanks.
Hi friend! YES the cookbook should be launching this weekend! So keep an eye out for that video! ALSO if you subscribe to my newsletter you’ll get that Tips/Temp chart as well as an email when my cookbook goes live! https://bit.ly/air-fryer-tips
Just made the Cinnamon Rolls. We loved them. It is close to 80 and I didn’t want to heat up the oven. Looked up Cinnamon rolls on Pinterest and your recipe looked great. It is! Perfect amount for two people to have for a couple days.
Posted a picture on Facebook and gave you a big Thank you!
That’s awesome! So glad you enjoyed them! And thanks for sharing the love! xoxo
Just made this. Hate the overly sweet gumminess of popular cinnamon buns. THIS, however, was SO easy, fast and PERFECT in texture and flavour!
I will say, though, that 1) working with the dough led me to believe it was VERY greasy, and 2) the filling was too runny. I’ll use less butter next time!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
HI Nicole, thanks for the rating and for the tips/comments. We are so glad you like them!
Wow I was impressed with how easy was to make them! Liked the taste and definitely will be making them again .
I didn’t know brown sugar and I ve replaced it with white sugar and a bit of maple syrup and also instead of cornflower I ve used half spoon plain flour ! Thanks for the recipe x
Hi Crina, thanks for the review and sharing your substitutions- so glad it still tasted great!
Made these today and my husband liked them so it’s a keeper. Thank you Kathy.
Misspelled your name, so sorry Cathy.