How to Easily Make the Best Air Fryer Breakfast Pop Tarts Now

We’ve got the perfect homemade recipe for your favorite breakfast treat from your youth. We’re talking about pop tarts. But this version is our fabulous Air Fryer Apple Cinnamon Pop Tarts. We’ve put a fall flavor twist on this one with apple cinnamon filling you’ll love!  Smells and tastes just like a homemade apple pie without all the fuss. You can whip this up in minutes in your air fryer. Just 6 minutes and you’ll have a golden flaky pastry treat the whole family will thank you for. Of course you can eat it for breakfast, but it also makes a great snack. Serve it for dessert with some vanilla ice cream. Yum!   This recipe is also part of a fall recipe blog hop so we encourage you to take a look at some of the other delicious fall inspired recipes below. Take a few moments to visit these fabulous blogs after you’ve made your pop tarts. There are lots of great ideas to add to your fall cooking to-do list!

Blogger’s Best Fall Recipes

1. How to Make Pretty Fall Cookies | My 100 Year Old Home
2. Apple Cider Donut Bread Pudding | Modern Glam
3. Pumpkin Scones with Maple Glaze | Paint Me Pink
4. Jalapeno Popper Pumpkin-Shaped Cheese Ball | Tatertots and Jello
5. Pumpkin Hand Pies Recipe (Mini Pastries) | Happy Happy Nester
6. Classic French Apple Tart | Sincerely, Marie
7. A Roundup of My Favorite Fall Treats | Pasha is Home
8. How to Easily Make the Best Air Fryer Breakfast Pop Tarts Now | The Design Twins
9. Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting | Maison de Cinq
10. Gorgonzola & Pear Pizza | My Sweet Savannah
11. Hearty Homemade Chicken Pot Pie | Twelve on Main
12. Pumpkin Molasses Cookies | Finding Lovely

Pop Tarts Ingredient List

Here’s what you’ll need: One package refrigerated pie crust. Comes with 2 rolled pie crusts. I used Pillsbury brand.

Apple filling:

• One small single portion of applesauce, 3.9 oz (no cinnamon added)
• Cinnamon to taste
• Cornstarch, approximately 2 tablespoons

Icing:

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• ½ tsp. vanilla
• 2 tsp milk, or until spreadable

How to Make Your Air Fryer Apple Cinnamon Pop Tarts

1. Unroll your pie crusts and lay them out on a cutting board.
2. Your pie crusts are circles but that’s ok. You can try to shape them a little more like rectangles or you can just create pop tarts that have curved edges. Either way them come out tasting and looking.
3. You want to cut the pie crusts lengthwise into 6 long pieces, 3 pieces for each pie crust.

Next, Let’s Make Your Apple Pie Filling for the Pop Tarts

1. Pour applesauce into small mixing bowl.
2. Add cinnamon to taste.
3. Add one tablespoon cornstarch and mix well. Add additional cornstarch if needed to thicken.
4. At this point, if mixture still seems runny transfer mixture to small saucepan and place over low heat until mixture starts to thicken. This process is not hard and does not take long.

Caution: Do not leave the mixture unattended. You don’t want it to burn. You just need a small amount of moisture to evaporate, and it will be perfect.  

Assemble your Pop Tarts

• Once you have your apple cinnamon paste you will take about a tablespoon and spread it over the center portion of one ½ of each of your pie crusts.
• It should make enough so that all the apple paste is used.
• Note: You won’t be putting a thick amount of apple paste onto each pop tart, but don’t worry.
• The filling is rich and flavorful, and it will be plenty.
• Too much and it would probably ooze out.
• Next, fold over each pie crust.

• Seal the edges by pressing a fork around all the edges to create a crimping effect.

Let’s Cook: Time for the Air Fryer

First, preheat your air fryer to 370 for a couple of minutes. Next, spray a small amount of oil on the bottom of your air fryer. Cook pop tarts in your air fryer for 6 min. They will be golden brown and flaky when you take them out.

Let’s Make the Icing

• Mix powdered sugar, vanilla, & milk.
• Spread icing over pop tarts. You can do this even if the pop tarts are still a bit warm. 
• Finish off with some fall-inspired sprinkles or whatever you choose.

Now it’s time to enjoy!

Choosing Your Air Fryer

If you don’t yet have an air fryer or want to upgrade, here are a few things to consider. 

• Make sure it has the options and settings that are important to you.
• Make sure it’s simple enough to use. Does it have too many options that are just so confusing you can’t figure out how to make it work?
• Make sure it’s easy to clean!
• Be sure it is the right size for your needs. Too small means you can’t make the batch sizes you want for your family. Too large means you can’t fit it on your counter or store it where you want!
• Get one that you love the look of on your counter. It’s a big statement on your counter (unless you can keep it in your pantry.)
• Either way, you want it to add to your kitchen aesthetic and not subtract.

Jodie bought this one and loves it. It checks ALL the boxes above!     Julie bought this one and she loves hers as well.   Julie’s Favorite Features: 

• large size of the basket
• easy digital programming
• easy to use, easy to clean
• looks great

Freezing Pop Tarts

Pop tarts can be frozen. Just seal them and keep them in a freezer for up to 3 months.

Reheating

You can easily reheat your pop tarts in the air fryer at 370 for 4-6 minutes.

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By most measures, air frying is healthier than frying in oil. It cuts calories by 70% to 80% and has a lot less fat, according to Web M.D. Below shop our air fryers and favorite accessories to make air frying your favorite!      

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