Air Fryer Pizza Rolls
These easy homemade Air Fryer Pizza Rolls are made with crescent rolls stuffed with a pizza filling! An easy snack or fun dinner made in just minutes!
A 5-Ingredient Snack Recipe
Air Fryer Pizza Rolls are simple to make, use canned crescent roll dough, making them slightly flaky, and irresistible for both kids and adults. I love being able to make a homemade version of a classic favorite snack or appetizer. These are great for after work or after school snacks too. Plus, older kids can help with making these too. They’d even be a fun weeknight dinner!
Frequently Asked Questions:
No need to spray these rolls with nonstick rolls, especially since you are brushing them with garlic butter first.
Of course, but be mindful not to over fill the dough, otherwise it may squeeze out while air frying. Feel free to add tiny pieces of pepperoni or other pizza toppings. Just don’t overfill.
You don’t have to, but flipping them after 4 minutes allows them to cook more evenly. If you’re worried about them having an imprint from your air fryer on both sides after frying, don’t worry, the first 4 minutes frying allows them to firm up enough to not have markings from your air fryer on the opposite side while frying.
I tested this recipe with my 6-quart basket style Air Fryer. It’s the most commonly used Air Fryer in the US, which is where most of my audience is from, so that’s what I’ve tested this recipe with. I have not tested it with the rack or drawer type fryers. There are so many different kinds these days and I only own one kind so I just can’t tell you about other air fryers or how they may cook differently. You will have to use your own knowledge of your particular type of air fryer to best know how to cook these.
Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for 2-3 days. They can be flash frozen then packed up in bags and frozen for up to 3 months.
Ingredients Needed: (See Recipe Card Below For The Full Recipe)
- refrigerated crescent rolls– Pillsbury refrigerated crescent rolls were used for testing and in the photos.
- mozzarella cheese – You may have some leftover cheese. You can use shredded mozzarella or some ripped up slices of mozzarella cheese slices.
- pizza sauce– if you can’t find pizza sauce, feel free to use a different type of sauce for these pizza rolls. Marinara Sauce or tomato and basil sauces would work well. I love using Homemade Pizza Sauce too.
- butter– butter is added to the top of the pizza rolls to help give them a golden color on top.
- garlic salt– you can also use garlic powder if you don’t have garlic salt.
How To Make Air Fryer Pizza Rolls:
Start by rolling out and cutting the dough into 16 slices. Slightly stretch out the dough before adding about ½-1 teaspoon of sauce to one side.
Then add some shredded cheese on top of the sauce, less than you may think, fold the dough over and pinch the sides to prevent the sauce and cheese from falling out.
In a small bowl mix together melted butter and garlic salt. Brush butter mixture onto the tops of all the rolls. Place half of the pizza rolls in a 6 quart basket air fryer and air fry at 350℉ for 6 minutes, flipping the rolls at 4 minutes, and then let cool before enjoying with more pizza sauce. Continue with the remaining rolls.
NOTE: Don’t overcrowd the basket. If you have a larger air fryer, you can cook more at a time. Optional: serve with pizza sauce for dipping,
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Air Fryer Pizza Rolls
Ingredients
- 8 ounce can crescent rolls (can use crescent roll dough sheet)
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese (divided use)
- ⅓ cup pizza sauce (or marinara, divided use)
- 1 Tablespoon salted butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt or garlic powder
Instructions
- Start by rolling out and cutting 8 ounce can crescent rolls into 16 slices.
- Slightly stretch out the dough before adding about ½-1 teaspoon pizza sauce to one side of each crescent dough slice.
- Then add a little shredded mozzarella cheese on top of the sauce, less than you may think, fold the dough over and pinch the sides to prevent the sauce and cheese from falling out.
- In a small bowl mix together 1 Tablespoon salted butter, melted and 1 teaspoon garlic salt or garlic powder. Brush butter mixture onto the tops of all the rolls.
- Place half of the pizza rolls in a 6 quart basket air fryer and air fry at 350℉ for 6 minutes, flipping the rolls at 4 minutes, and then let cool before enjoying with more pizza sauce. Continue with the remaining rolls.
- NOTE: Don’t overcrowd the basket. If you have a larger air fryer, you can cook more at a time.
- Optional: serve with pizza sauce for dipping.
Notes
- Please refer to my FAQ’s (Frequently Asked Questions) and ingredient list above for other substitutions or for the answers to the most common questions.
- It’s important to not overfill the dough. The temptation is strong to stuff these but they won’t stay closed while cooking if you do. Just make sure that you pinch the sides really well to keep that from happening.
Nutrition
Nutritional Disclaimer
“The Country Cook” is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories and other nutritional values can vary quite a bit depending on which brands were used.
Way better than the frozen ones!