The Pastry & Morning Bake Collection

Air Fryer Pastries and Morning Bakes

Everything I bake before noon, from five minute biscuit donuts to a loaded morning glory muffin. Puff pastry and pie crust pastries bake at a flat 350°F here, everyday muffins at 320°F, and the bakery-domed muffins start hot and finish gentle. Each card carries its real time, yield and the reason behind the number. Converting a bakery recipe of your own? Start with the air fryer calculator.

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29 pastry and morning bake recipes

Air Fryer Donuts From Canned Biscuits: Glazed in 10 Minutes

5 min Donuts From Canned Biscuits One can of homestyle biscuits at 330°F, flipped at minute 3 and glazed in the warm-not-hot window so the coat sets into a crackly shell. 4-5 min per batch · 8 donuts + 8 holes

Air Fryer Glazed Donuts: Yeasted Dough, No Frying Oil

6 min Glazed Donuts A soft enriched dough risen twice, each ring traveling on its own parchment square, baked to pale blonde at 340°F and dunked in a glassy glaze. 5-6 min in the basket · 10 donuts + holes

Air Fryer Beignets: New Orleans Flavor, No Vat of Oil

8 min Beignets An eggy yeasted dough that happily waits overnight, air fried at 330°F with one flip, then butter-brushed so the powdered sugar actually sticks. 6-8 min per batch · 24 beignets

Air Fryer Donut Holes: Bite-Sized, Cinnamon Sugar Coated

9 min Donut Holes Enriched yeast dough rolled into even 20g balls, baked at 330°F with a shake at halfway, then rolled hot through butter and cinnamon sugar. 7-9 min in the basket · 24 holes

Air Fryer Apple Cider Donuts: Fall's Best Excuse to Skip the Fryer

9 min Apple Cider Donuts Two cups of cider reduced to a dark syrup that flavors both the nutmeg-forward dough and the coating. Rings bake at 330°F with one flip. 8-9 min in the basket · 10 donuts + holes

9 min Vegan Donuts Rolled and cut with no yeast and no proofing, 350°F for about 9 minutes. Brushing with melted coconut oil is what turns them golden. 9 min in the basket · 6 donuts

Air Fryer Toaster Strudel: Crispier Than the Toaster

9 min Toaster Strudel Straight from the box at 330°F with no thawing, no preheat and no flip. Rest 2 minutes, then ice with the packet softened on the machine. 7-9 min from frozen · 2 strudels

Air Fryer Croissants: Canned Dough, Flaky Layers

9 min Croissants From Canned Dough One can of crescent dough laminated with a single cold butter fold and shaped with a stretch and notch like the real thing. 330°F, no flip. 7-9 min in the basket · 4 large

10 min Cinnamon Rolls Canned rolls at 320°F for about 10 minutes. The lower temperature keeps the center from staying gluey, and the seam test confirms it. 10 min in the basket · 8 rolls

10 min Carrot Muffins Moist, lightly spiced carrot muffins at 320°F in about 10 minutes, a quick breakfast bake with an optional cream cheese frosting. 10 min in the basket · 6 muffins

Air Fryer Churros: Crisp Outside, No Deep Fryer

11 min Churros A quick stovetop choux piped through a star tip and frozen 30 minutes so the ridges hold, then 360°F until the tips go mahogany. 9-11 min in the basket · 14 churros

Air Fryer Kolaches: Soft Dough, Sweet or Savory Filling

11 min Kolaches One soft enriched dough for sweet cheese kolaches and sausage klobasneks, with wells pressed after the second rise so they stay open. 9-11 min in the basket · 12 kolaches

Air Fryer Cheese Danish: Bakery Style, No Proofing

12 min Cheese Danish One sheet of puff pastry, a scored frame that rises into flaky walls, and a yolk-only cream cheese filling that stays put. One flat 350°F bake. 10-12 min in the basket · 6 danishes

Air Fryer Empanadas: Crispy Without Frying

12 min Empanadas Thawed frozen discos around a thick olive picadillo, fork-crimped and oil-brushed on both sides for a fried-style crisp at 350°F. 10-12 min in the basket · 10 empanadas

Air Fryer Pop Tarts: Homemade or Boxed, Here's the Timing

12 min Pop Tarts Homemade strawberry tarts on refrigerated pie crust at 350°F, iced once fully cool, plus the boxed Pop-Tarts timing of 330°F for 3 to 4 minutes. 10-12 min homemade · 6 tarts

13 min Banana Muffins Soft, domed banana muffins at 320°F. Silicone, paper or metal changes the clock, so a 200°F center reading calls it, not the timer. 13 min in the basket · 12 muffins

Air Fryer Hand Pies: Any Filling, Sealed Edges That Hold

13 min Hand Pies Half-moons on refrigerated pie crust with an any-filling formula: 2 tablespoons of cold, thick filling, a five-move seal and two vent slits. 11-13 min in the basket · 8 hand pies

Air Fryer Palmiers: Caramelized Puff Pastry Hearts

13 min Palmiers Two ingredients: puff pastry rolled out on salted sugar, folded, sliced and frozen so the fan cannot unroll them, then caramelized on parchment. 11-13 min per batch · about 20

Air Fryer Scones: Crumbly Edges, Tender Middle

13 min Scones Frozen grated butter, a counted touch budget, and wedges frozen 15 minutes before a 340°F bake to deep gold and 200°F inside. 11-13 min in the basket · 8 scones

Air Fryer Apple Turnovers: Puff Pastry Without the Soggy Bottom

14 min Apple Turnovers Puff pastry around a cooked, cornstarch-thickened apple filling with two vent slits, on a bare oiled floor so the bottom stays crisp. 12-14 min in the basket · 4 turnovers

Bran Muffins14 min Bran Muffins The bran soaks in buttermilk 15 minutes so it stops stealing moisture, and the batter keeps 5 days in the fridge for fresh muffins all week. 12-14 min in the basket · 10 muffins

Boxed Muffin Mix14 min Boxed Muffin Mix One system for any brand: lumpy batter rested 4 minutes, cups two-thirds full, 320°F with no preheat. Corn and mini mixes get their own numbers. 11-14 min in the basket · 6 to 12 muffins

Air Fryer Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins: Bright and Not Too Sweet

14 min Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins Zest rubbed into the sugar, seeds soaked soft in buttermilk, 320°F to a 200°F center, and a tart glaze only on a cool muffin. 12-14 min in the basket · 12 muffins

Air Fryer Corn Muffins: Golden Tops, Tender Crumb

14 min Corn Muffins Cornmeal soaked 15 minutes in buttermilk for a never-sandy crumb, a hot start at 370°F then 310°F, and honey butter on the golden tops. 12-14 min in the basket · 6 muffins

Air Fryer Blueberry Muffins: Domed Tops, No Sunken Middles

15 min Blueberry Muffins A thick rested batter and a two-temperature schedule: 370°F for 4 minutes to raise the dome, then 310°F so the arch never sinks. 13-15 min in the basket · 6 muffins

Air Fryer Chocolate Chip Muffins: Bakery Style at Home

15 min Chocolate Chip Muffins Butter and oil, sour cream, a chopped dark bar for molten pools plus chips, and the same 370°F then 310°F schedule for a bakery dome. 13-15 min in the basket · 6 muffins

Air Fryer Frozen Croissants: Freezer to Flaky in Minutes

15 min Frozen Croissants Ready-to-bake croissants from the freezer at 320°F with no thawing and no flip, plus settings for proof-and-bake and pre-baked kinds. 12-15 min from frozen · 4 croissants

Air Fryer Morning Glory Muffins: Loaded and Actually Filling

18 min Morning Glory Muffins Pineapple pressed dry, raisins plumped in its juice, and carrot, apple, coconut and walnuts in a half whole wheat crumb baked at 320°F. 15-18 min in the basket · 12 muffins

Air Fryer Monkey Bread: Pull-Apart Cinnamon Sugar From a Can

24 min Monkey Bread One can of biscuits, quartered and rolled in cinnamon sugar, baked under brown sugar caramel in a 6 inch pan at 320°F and turned out warm. 20-24 min in the basket · 6 servings

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Why morning bakes run from 310 to 370°F

Pastry, donuts and muffins look like one breakfast table and bake like three different jobs. The dough decides the dial.

Bake	Setting	Why
Puff pastry and pie crust	350°F, flat	One steady heat sets flaky layers and crisps the bottom in 10 to 14 minutes: the cheese danish, turnovers, hand pies and palmiers all run it
Donuts and churros	330 to 360°F	Enriched yeast rings like the glazed donuts bake gently to stay pale and soft, while churros need 360°F to crisp their ridges
Everyday muffins	320°F	Wet, loaded batters need the center to catch up with the top, which is why the morning glory muffins are called by a 200°F center, not a toothpick
Bakery-domed muffins	370°F, then 310°F	A short hot start raises the dome and a gentle finish sets the middle, the schedule behind the blueberry muffins
Box, can and freezer	320 to 330°F	Toaster strudel and biscuit donuts run 330°F, frozen croissants and boxed muffin mix 320°F

Before you bake any of them

Morning bakes fail in two places: more cups or pastries than the basket can fit with air between them, and pulling them at the right color with a raw middle. These four tools settle the first, and a cheap thermometer settles the second. They are free, with no signup.

Air Fryer CalculatorTurn any oven muffin or pastry recipe into basket temperature and time.Convert a recipe → Pan Size CalculatorFind how many muffin cups or pastries your basket really fits.Check your basket → Recipe ScalerCut a dozen-muffin recipe down to the batch your basket bakes.Scale a recipe → Running Cost CalculatorWhat a breakfast batch costs in your basket against a full oven.Work out the cost →

The guides behind these recipes

Every number on every card came out of these. If puff pastry would not puff, a muffin sank, or the tops browned before the middle set, the answer is almost certainly in one of them.

How to bake in an air fryer How to bake puff pastry Silicone molds and muffin cups Mini vs jumbo muffins Times and temperatures chart Oven to air fryer conversion Foil and parchment rules How to prevent burning Troubleshooting baking

Want the rest of the table? The breads and doughs collection, the cake collection and the cookies and bars collection pick up where these leave off, the full recipe index has everything, and the guides index covers the technique behind all of it.