This is the best way to bake frozen rolls in air fryer with garlic to fluffy and good. Rhodes frozen rolls “bakes” in 8 minutes which means you don't have to heat up your house in the summertime.

Golden baked Frozen Rolls in Air Fryer surround a bowl of marinara sauce on a white plate.

This is our new way of making air fryer garlic bread rolls! Don't trust us though, our husband said he could've eaten the whole plate full if we had turned our back. another favorite easy air fryer recipe on the blog.

If you have never used frozen rolls they are SO easy to use, and super versatile too. take a bag out of the freezer and defrost for a few hours on your countertop. The most common brand is from Rhodes but occasionally stores have their own bags in the freezer section.

If you are going to use a Foodi model of multi cooker the sam directions work below but you are going to use the lid that is attached and the air crisp button on the front! You can set the pan on top of a trivet so the hot air rotates all around the Ninja foodi properly.

How Long to Cook Frozen Rolls in Air Fryer

Bake time is only 8 minutes but you would need to include the time it takes for them to defrost and double in size too. Timing of this depends on how warm your home is. We live in a snowy area, at altitude, so it takes the full 5 hours to double in size. It may only take 3 hours for you but that should be accounted for.

Do you need to defrost frozen rolls before air frying?

Yes, there is a bit of time where you need to allow them to rise (covered) before baking in order to get them to a fluffy texture. What we do is do so in the springform pan we are going to use to bake in the air fryer so there is no transferring the gooey-ness at all.

What is the fastest way to thaw Rhodes rolls?

Heat your oven to 175. Once it reaches that temperature, turn it off. Set frozen rolls inside pan that has been lightly sprayed with non stick spray and place inside oven. Check after 1 hour to see if they've doubled in size. If not, check every 15 minutes after that and remove once they have.

Can you let them rise overnight?

If you're trying to prep ahead of time you could. Put into sprayed pan and cover with plastic wrap. Place into fridge and remove about an hour before you want to cook them so they are doubled and room temperature.

Eight dough balls, solid for making Frozen Rolls in Air Fryer, are arranged in a ring mold pan and ready for baking on a white surface.

Tips for Success

To start with you'll need to set them inside the pan that has been sprayed with non stick spray to rise with a piece of saran wrap on top of it too so they don't dry out.

do this first thing in the morning. We often set the pan inside our microwave oven so they're out of the way. Setting our oven timer for 3 hours, then we check to see if they're ready for step 2.

To keep them nice and moist along the way we brush melted butter on right before “baking”, in the middle of the cooking time, and right before serving them too.

Four round dough balls, solid for making frozen rolls in air fryer, are arranged in a circular metal baking pan, ready to be baked.

This is what ours looked like when we began to cook them. You don't want to add more than 7 to this bundt pan, or 8 into the one without the middle piece.

We kinda' like this style because it comes out pretty, almost like a wreath. You can place it on a small plate with a tiny dipping sauce dish in the center. Fill with spaghetti sauce for dipping and OH MY are they good. If you want 8 instead of 7 though, then use the style without the bundt feature in the center.

Use an oven mitt to remove pan from basket and allow to sit for 5 minutes. Unlock side of springform pan and lift out middle. Carefully slide ring of rolls off and on to a plate. Brush on remaining melted butter on top and serve. THIS is what they look like when done, delish!

Seven uncooked, seasoned dough balls—solid for making Frozen Rolls in Air Fryer—are arranged in a ring pan inside an air fryer basket.

A hand holding a garlic knot roll, baked from Frozen Rolls in Air Fryer, next to a bowl of marinara sauce on a plate.

Air Fryer Frozen Rolls Recipe

By Best fluffy garlic air fryer frozen rolls you can make with Rhodes frozen rolls! In 8 minutes you too can make this easy side dish or snack in Ninja Foodi or Cosori. Prep: 5 minutes minsCook: 8 minutes minsServings: 4 Save Recipe Saved! Pin Recipe Comment Print Recipe

Equipment

Ingredients

7 small frozen rolls, Rhodes dinner rolls, thawed, rise 3-5 hours
2 tbsp butter melted
1/2 tsp minced garlic
1/4 tsp garlic salt
1/8 tsp basil

Instructions

Spray inside of 7" springform bundt pan with non stick spray. Put 7 Rhodes frozen rolls inside spread out evenly between each one. (If you use a 7" springform pan without the bundt insert, add 8 rolls with 1 in the middle) with saran wrap over the top pulled tight.
Place in a warm area of the kitchen for 3-5 hours or until they double in size.
Preheat air fryer to 330 degrees F for 5 minutes.
Melt 1 tbsp butter + minced garlic in a small dish.
Brush garlic butter on top of defrosted rolls in pan, then sprinkle on garlic salt and basil on the top of them. Put pan into air fryer basket and close.
Cook for 8 minutes total. Melt 1 more tbsp of butter. Open drawer at minute 4 and brush half of this melted butter on top, close drawer and cook for remaining 4 minutes.
If you want tops to be a deeper brown, cook for 1 more minute.
Use an oven mitt to remove pan from basket and allow to sit for 10 minutes in the pan to continue stiffening up. Unlock side of springform pan and lift out middle. Carefully slide ring of rolls off and on to a plate.
Brush on remaining melted butter on top and serve.

Nutrition

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Side Dish, SnackCuisine: American Tried this recipe?Mention @thetypical_mom or tag #thetypicalmom!

Other Easy Rhodes Rolls Recipes You'll Love

Once you've enjoyed these and are ready for another more ideas, we have a few more like air fryer biscuits and others here: A great Rhodes cinnamon rolls recipe.

Using their bread loaves, you can make a smoked pizza roll up too. Our cheesy pull apart smoked bread has been a huge hit as well as this simple Easter egg bread too!

air fryer bread can be baked in mini loaf pans which is a fun side

They have a sweeter version too which makes a killer chocolate monkey bread and easy Easter bread as well. Once you start you can't stop creating “all the things” with them. This is one of our favorite easy side dishes though.