This Air Fryer Toaster Strudel is the easiest puff pastry dessert you will ever make! Buy some frozen puff pastry and I bet you have the other ingredients available at home to make these Puff Pastry Toaster Strudel in the air fryer.
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Easy puff pastry dessert
I am such a fan of puff pastry for quick and easy dessert shortcuts. After all, puff pastry tastes SO GOOD no matter how you prepare it: make it sweet or savory, bake it or air fry it, use fresh berries or jam. There's no way that puff pastry desserts don't turn out good!
So I decided to make the EASIEST homemade toaster strudel by using puff pastry as a shortcut: Simply fill puff pastry squares with strawberry jam, air fry for 7 minutes, let cool, and drizzle with homemade icing.
That's it!!
Ready to get started??
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Ingredients for air fryer toaster strudel
For the puff pastry strudel:
- 2 puff pastry sheets (1 package store-bought puff pastry), thawed just enough to easily work with the sheets
- ¾ cup strawberry jam (or your favorite jam, try pineapple jam or blackberry jam, or even store-bought apple pie filling)
For the icing:
- ½ cup powdered sugar (confectioner's sugar)
- 1-1.5 tablespoons heavy cream (or milk, or even water will work)
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Related recipe: Pineapple and Mango Puff Pastry Squares
Instructions
Step 1: Cut the puff pastry into 12 evenly sized rectangles. If using store bought sheets, they come as 2 puff pastry sheets each folded in 3. Cut the folded brick in half, then unfold and cut along the folds once thawed. This will yield 12 evenly sized sheets.
Step 2: Take one rectangle and place a tablespoon of jam in the middle leaving ½ inch of border along all sides. Wet your fingertip in water, then brush your finger along the pastries’ borders to wet them. Carefully place another pastry rectangle on top of the rectangle with jam.
Step 3: Press down the edges of the sheets to seal the jam in, make sure the edges are fully sealed. You can use a fork to crimp the edges, if you like. Repeat until you have 6 pastries ready to air fry, or start air frying the first batch as you're preparing the rest of the pastries.
More air fryer recipes to try: Air Fryer Focaccia Bread
Step 4: Place 2-3 pastries in the air fryer basket (or more if your air fryer has the room). If your air fryer requires preheating, preheat it to 350F. Cook at 350F for 5 minutes. Flip carefully using tongs and cook for 2 more minutes.
Step 5: Remove from the air fryer and let cool completely before icing.
Step 6: While pastries are cooling, mix together the ingredients for the icing until completely combined, starting with 1 tablespoon heavy cream, adding more liquid a few drops at a time only if needed. Once pastries have cooled, drizzle the icing over each pastry and enjoy.
Related recipe: Savory Black Bean Puff Pastry Triangles
Recipe tips and troubleshooting for air frying puff pastry
→ Puff pastry: Puff pastry is easiest to work with when it just thawed. If it's too frozen, it will break when unfolding the sheets. If it's soo soft, it will be floppy and sticky and harder to handle. If your puff pastry gets too thawed, place it in the freezer for a few minutes before continuing to work with it.
→ Air frying time: Always check on your air fryer before the cooking time is up, since all air fryers cook slightly differently. If the puff pastry looks golden brown and flaky, it is probably ready.
→ Homemade icing: Try to add as little liquid as possible, just enough to melt all the powdered sugar. If you add too much liquid, the icing won't ever harden on the puff pastry. It will still be delicious, it will just be a little saucy and syrupy.
Related recipe: Eggplant Margherita Puff Pastry Tarts
More easy desserts to try
If you're my kind of people and love using shortcuts for desserts, try these easy dessert recipes:
- 2 Ingredient Mini Apple Pies
- 2 Ingredient Pumpkin Muffins
- 4 Ingredient Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies
- Caramel Biscuit Donuts
- 5 Minute Key Lime Pie Cheesecake Dip
- 5 Minute Chocolate Hummus
More puff pastry recipes to try: Brie & Pear Puff Pastry Appetizer
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Air Fryer Puff Pastry Toaster Strudel
Ingredients
- 2 puff pastry sheets - (1 package store-bought puff pastry) thawed just enough to easily work with
- ¾ cup strawberry jam - (or your favorite jam)
- ½ cup powdered sugar - (confectioner's sugar)
- 1-1.5 tablespoons heavy cream - (or milk, or even water will work)
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Special equipment
Instructions
- Cut the puff pastry into 12 evenly sized rectangles. If using store bought sheets, they come as 2 sheets folded in 3. Cut the folded brick in half, then unfold and cut along the folds once thawed. This will yield 12 evenly sized sheets.
- Take one rectangle and place a tablespoon of jam in the middle leaving ½ inch of border along all sides. Wet your fingertip in water, then brush your finger along the pastries’ borders to wet them. Carefully place another pastry rectangle on top of the rectangle with jam.
- Press down the edges of the sheets to seal the jam in, make sure the edges are fully sealed. You can use a fork to crimp the edges, if you like. Repeat until you have 6 pastries ready to air fry, or start air frying the first batch as you're preparing the rest of the pastries.
- Place 2-3 pastries in the air fryer basket (or more if your air fryer has the room). If your air fryer requires preheating, preheat it to 350F. Cook at 350F for 5 minutes. Flip carefully using tongs and cook for 2 more minutes.
- Remove from the air fryer and let cool completely before icing.
- While pastries are cooling, mix together the ingredients for the icing until completely combined, starting with 1 tablespoon heavy cream, adding more liquid a few drops at a time only if needed. Once pastries have cooled, drizzle the icing over each pastry and enjoy.
Notes
Recipe tips and troubleshooting:
→ Puff pastry: Puff pastry is easiest to work with when it just thawed but isn't quite room temperature. If it's too frozen, it will break when unfolding the sheets. If it's soo soft, it will be floppy and sticky and harder to handle. If your puff pastry gets too thawed, place it in the freezer for a few minutes before continuing to work with it. → Air frying time: Always check on your air fryer before the cooking time is up, since all air fryers cook slightly differently. If the puff pastry looks golden brown and flaky, it is probably ready. → Homemade icing: Try to add as little liquid as possible, just enough to melt all the powdered sugar. If you add too much liquid, the icing won't ever harden on the puff pastry.Nutrition
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