Air Fryer Cinnamon Rolls

These Air Fryer Cinnamon Rolls are quick and easy to make using store bought puff pastry. There’s no added sugar, yet they are perfectly sweetened with warm buttery cinnamon encased in soft flaky puff pastry with lashings of skinny cream cheese glaze on top.

I like to think of this as a healthier version of a cinnamon roll.  Smaller, with much less sugar, less fat and less calories, yet they taste just like the ones I used to eat growing up.

Recipe Highlights

• Very easy to make in the air fryer with 7 basic ingredients
• No need to worry about making a mess and making your own dough
• So much less sugar (and calories!) than regular cinnamon rolls
• Make them in 15 minutes
• Eat them with or without the glaze, the are delicious either way
• Great to take on picnics, for lunchboxes and as an after dinner dessert

I love using puff pastry because its super convenient and easy.  I’ve used it in my Apple Rose Pastry and for my Air Fryer Pizza Rolls which have been a big hit.

Ingredients

Ingredient Notes

• Granulated Sweetener: I use Lakanto Monkfruit “Brown” and it measures just like sugar.  I prefer using a brown sweetener rather than a white on for this recipe as it adds a slightly difference flavour.  Alternatively you could use stevia or another other sweetener that measures like sugar.
• Powdered Sweetener: I use Lakanto powdered sweetener which is similar to icing sugar in Australia.  I buy mine from Woolworths in the baking aisle.
• Cream Cheese for Top:  low fat cream cheese works fine here if you are looking to make these as lean as possible

How To Make

1. Soften Frozen Pastry:  Lay out frozen puff pastry on bench (keep plastic on).  Cover and let it defrost for 5 minutes until it loses its stiffness
2. Make Cinnamon Butter:  Add softened butter, granulated sweetener and ground cinnamon to a bowl and mix together well so the it resembles a paste.

3. Spread Cinnamon Butter:  Spread cinnamon mixture over puff pastry, all the way to the edges. 
4. Fold and Slice:  Working quickly, start at one side, folding over and forward, rolling into a log.  Slice in half with a sharp knife, then slice each half piece into four, so that there are 8 mini rolls in total.

5. Arrange in Air Fryer and Cook:  Lay each piece flat side down into air fryer and spray lightly with oil if using.  Cook for 12 minutes at 180 degrees C/ 350 degrees F. 
6. Open air fryer and turn cinnamon rolls over and cook for a further 3 minutes.
7. Remove cinnamon rolls from air fryer onto a rack to cool and make the glaze.

8. Glaze:  Add softened cream cheese, powdered sweetener and lemon juice and mix through.  Add water a tiny bit at a time, until you get a sauce like consistency, suitable for drizzling.
9. Use a spoon to drizzle on top of each cinnamon roll.

Expert Tips:

1. Puff Pastry:  Don’t let the puff pastry sit on the bench for to long before getting started.  If should still be cold when you start working with it so it “puffs” up.  The warmer it becomes the harder it will be to work with and cut.
2. Glazing:  I like to glaze the cinnamon rolls whilst the are sill fairly warm, but not so warm that it just slides right off. 
3. Glazing Alternative: in lieu of the cream cheese, you can substitute it with milk to achieve a lighter glaze.
4. Storage:  Store cinnamon rolls in an air tight container in fridge for 2 days
5. Preheating Air Fryer:  I don’t tend to worry about preheating my air fryer, however if you prefer to, decrease the cooking time by a few minutes.

These puff pastry cinnamon rolls are a healthier take on a much loved favourite. On puff pastry sheet makes 8 small rolls that are perfect as an after dinner treat to keep cravings at bay.

Air Fryer Recipes

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• Air Fryer Pizza Rolls

Air Fryer Cinnamon Rolls

Kim

Easy puff pastry cinnamon rolls made in the air fryer with practically no sugar and much less calories than other varieties. With golden flaky pastry and sweet cinnamon butter inside, these are a desert you can enjoy without the guilt!

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Servings 8 pieces

Calories 74 kcal

Equipment

• Air Fryer

Ingredients

 

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• 1 piece of Puff Pastry
• 3 tablespoons Salted Butter
• 3 tablespoons Granulated sweetener that measures like sugar
• 1 tablespoon Ground Cinnamon

For Drizzling on Top

• 2 tablespoons Cream Cheese
• 2 tablespoons Powdered Sweetener
• ½ teaspoon lemon juice - optional

Instructions

 

• Lay out frozen puff pastry on bench (keep plastic on). Cover and let it defrost for 5 minutes until it loses its stiffness
• Add softened butter, granulated sweetener and ground cinnamon to a bowl and mix together well so the it resembles a paste.
• Spread cinnamon mixture over puff pastry, all the way to the edges.
• Working quickly, start at one side, folding over and forward, rolling into a log.
• Slice in half with a sharp knife, then slice each half piece into four, so that there are 8 mini rolls in total.
• Lay each piece flat side down into air fryer and spray lightly with oil if using. Cook for 12 minutes at 180 degrees C/ 350 degrees F.
• Open air fryer and turn cinnamon rolls over and cook for a further 3 minutes.
• Remove cinnamon rolls from air fryer onto a rack to cool and make the glaze.
• Glaze: Add softened cream cheese, powdered sweetener and lemon juice and mix through. Add water a tiny bit at a time, until you get a sauce like consistency, suitable for drizzling.
• Use a spoon to drizzle on top of each cinnamon roll.

Notes

1. Granulated Sweetener: I use Lakanto Monkfruit “Brown” and it measures just like sugar.  I prefer using a brown sweetener rather than a white on for this recipe as it adds a slightly difference flavour.  Alternatively you could use stevia or another other sweetener that measures like sugar.
2. Powdered Sweetener: I use Lakanto powdered sweetener which is similar to icing sugar in Australia.  I buy mine from Woolworths in the baking aisle.
3. Cream Cheese for Top:  low fat cream cheese works fine here if you are looking to make these as lean as possible
4. Storage: Store cinnamon rolls in an air tight container in fridge for 2 days.
5. Glazing: I like to glaze the cinnamon rolls whilst the are sill fairly warm, but not so warm that it just slides right off.
6. Nutrition is for 1 cinnamon roll.

Nutrition

Calories: 74kcalCarbohydrates: 6gProtein: 1gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gFiber: 1g

Note: Sugars contained in this recipe are from naturally occurring sugars in fruits, vegetables or other natural sweeteners. Calories have been calculated for your convenience using My Fitness Pal and are based on the ingredients listed in the recipe card.

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