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Air Fryer Breakfast Recipe - Banana Cinnamon Roll Muffins

This breakfast recipe for banana cinnamon roll muffins with frosting is such a great way to start the day, and they can be made in an air fryer or the oven!
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Servings: 8 muffins

Equipment

Ingredients

For the Dough

  • 1 ripe banana mashed
  • 3 Tbs. butter melted
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 Tbs. sugar
  • 1 cup flour (a heaping cup)
  • 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

For the Filling

  • 2 Tbs. butter melted
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar (4 Tbs.)
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon

For the Frosting

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 Tbs. milk

Instructions

To make the dough

  • Start by melting the butter in a bowl for 30 seconds in the microwave.  When butter is melted, put banana in bowl and mash with a fork.
    Bananas mashed with butter
  • Add in milk, sugar, flour and baking powder.  Mix with a fork and knead toward the end to ensure everything is combined. If the dough is too wet, add a tablespoon more of flour.
    Adding dry ingredients to mashed bananas

To make filling

  • Make filling by melting butter and adding brown sugar and cinnamon.  Stir to combine.
  • Sprinkle a cutting board/surface generously with flour.  Place dough on board and flatten into a small rectangle with fork. Pour filling on top and spread with a spatula.
    Filling on dough for cinnamon roll recipe
  • Cover hands with flour and roll dough into a log (rolling along the longer rectangle side). Cut into even pieces.  8 pieces.  I cut the log in half first then cut each half into 4.
    Log of cinnamon roll dough being cut
  • Lightly spray muffin cups (cupcake liners) with cooking spray.   Once pieces are cut, place into cupcake lines (I suggest using sturdy ones).
    Put dough in sturdy muffin cups
  • Set air fryer for 325, 15 minutes
  • Depending on the size of your air fryer, you should be able to fit 4 in the basket. Be sure to leave a little space on the sides. I like to peek in the basket around 12 minutes to make sure they're not cooking/browning too fast. Make frosting while muffins are cooking.
    Muffins in an Air Fryer
  • When timer on the air fryer rings, pull them out. The muffins are done with a toothpick comes out clean in the center. Take the muffins out of the basket carefully (they're hot), put on plate or cooling rack.  
  • Let cool a bit (maybe 5 min.) before frosting is put on.  If you want it more melted in drizzle, frost when warm.  
    Muffins baked two ways

To make frosting

  • Whisk milk and powdered sugar together until you get all of the chunks out. Add more milk for a thinner frosting and less milk for a thicker frosting.
  • Frost the cinnamon roll muffins and enjoy!
    air fryer banana cinnamon roll muffins

Notes

If you don’t have an air fryer, bake muffins in a muffin pan in an oven at 350 for 28 minutes.  
The nutrition information presented on this site should be considered an estimate as the calculations will change based on the exact products you use in your own kitchen.

Nutrition

Calories: 237kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 21mg | Sodium: 171mg | Potassium: 109mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 261IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 93mg | Iron: 1mg