Fresh cinnamon rolls for breakfast, without an oven. We knead the yeast dough in the Thermomix®, fill it with cinnamon sugar and butter, and bake the rolls in the air fryer at 170°C in 10 to 12 minutes. The result: golden brown, soft on the inside, caramelised at the edges. Once you have baked them this way, you will rarely switch the oven on for cinnamon rolls again.
Cinnamon Rolls with the Thermomix® and Air Fryer
Ingredients 0 / 12 ✓
- 250 g plain flour Type 550
- 120 ml milk
- 30 g butter for the dough
- 30 g sugar
- 1 egg medium
- 7 g dried yeast 1 sachet
- 1 pinch salt
- 40 g butter soft, for the filling
- 60 g brown sugar for the filling
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon for the filling
- 80 g icing sugar optional, for the glaze
- 2 tbsp milk optional, for the glaze
Instructions 0 / 5
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Warm the milk and knead the dough.
Add milk and butter to the mixing bowl. 2 min / 37°C / speed 2. Add dried yeast and sugar. Stir together 10 sec / speed 2. Add flour, egg and salt. 2 min / kneading mode. The dough will pull away from the sides and be slightly sticky, which is correct.
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Prove the dough.
Cover the mixing bowl or transfer the dough to a lightly floured bowl. Leave to prove in a warm place for 30 to 40 minutes until doubled in size.
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Shape the rolls.
Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together. Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface to a rectangle of approx. 30 x 20 cm. Spread soft butter evenly over the surface, leaving a 1 cm border. Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar over the top. Roll up tightly from the long side. Cut with a sharp knife into 6 to 8 slices of approx. 3 cm each.
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Bake in the air fryer.
Line the basket with baking paper. Place the rolls inside with enough space between them, no more than 4 to 5 at a time. Leave to prove in the basket for 5 more minutes. Then bake at 170°C for 10 to 12 min. Check after 7 minutes: the rolls should be golden brown, not dark brown.
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Glaze (optional).
Stir icing sugar and milk together to form a thick glaze. Drizzle over the cinnamon rolls while still warm.
How to get perfect cinnamon rolls in the air fryer
Kneading yeast dough in the Thermomix® is easier than many people think. The mixing bowl handles the kneading at 37°C, keeping the yeast active without the milk getting too hot. We knead for 2 min on kneading mode, then the dough proves for 30 to 40 minutes in a warm spot. Roll it out, spread with cinnamon butter, roll up, slice. The air fryer then bakes them at 170°C in just 10 to 12 minutes, noticeably faster than a conventional oven. One important point: do not put too many rolls in the basket at once, they need room to rise.
Our tips
- Baking paper is essential: The cinnamon sugar caramelises and sticks firmly. Without baking paper, you will struggle to remove the rolls from the basket undamaged.
- Do not pack them too tightly: The rolls rise further during baking. Packing them too close together results in unevenly baked patches in the middle.
- Soft butter for the filling: Cold butter tears the dough. The butter must be truly at room temperature and spreadable.
- Prepare the night before: Store the shaped rolls on baking paper in the fridge overnight. In the morning, bring them to room temperature for 20 minutes, then place straight into the air fryer.
- Reheating leftovers: Warm cooled rolls at 160°C for 3 to 4 min. They taste almost as good as freshly baked.
More recipes where the Thermomix® and air fryer work hand in hand can be found in our Thermomix® and Air Fryer Guide.
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