These cheese stuffed crescent rolls are topped with garlic butter and cooked in the air fryer! These are so quick and easy that it’s a bit dangerous! Once you make these, you’ll want to make them again and again!
I don’t know about you, but I love eating garlic bread with just about everything. Pasta of course, but other things too, like chili.
Have you ever had chili with a side of garlic bread? It is legit!
I recently had chili, and of course, there were leftovers so the next day I was heating it up and had a garlic bread craving. The whole point of leftovers is to have an easy meal, so I wanted an easy way to make garlic bread.
I searched my fridge and found crescent rolls (which I absolutely love!) and decided to have a little fun.
✔️Garlic butter
✔️Cheesy center
✔️Air Fryer
Honestly, these are so good, so easy, so addictive…they’re dangerous!
Ingredient Notes:
Crescent Rolls- I don’t really have a preferred brand here or anything. Just grab a can of crescent dough and go!
Garlic butter– This will require butter, garlic powder, onion powder, and salt.
Cheese- We found that using simple mozzarella string cheese is the way to go!
How to make the crescent rolls in your air fryer:
Open your can of crescent dough and separate the triangles of dough.
Slice each of your string cheese sticks in half.
Place one half of the string cheese at the wide end of the dough, fold the ends in, then roll up the dough completely sealing the cheese. Repeat for all of the crescent dough and cheese sticks.
This is nearly as easy as just rolling up the regular crescent dough! I love simple recipes like this.
Stir together the butter, garlic powder, onion powder, and salt.
Brush the butter mixture over all sides of the crescent dough and place them in a single layer in an air fryer basket.
Air fry them for 6 minutes or until golden brown.
We like to brush these with any extra garlic butter after they’ve cooked and give them a sprinkle of fresh chopped parsley.
Common Questions
Simply follow this recipe! The addition of the garlic butter and the stringy cheese in the center is top of its class!
The answer to this really lies in the difference between bread and a pastry. Crescent rolls are basically bread. A light and fluffy bread, but still a bread. Meanwhile, croissants, while also light and fluffy are a pastry. This is mostly due to the process of making their raw dough.
No they are not. The roll is basically a bread made with flour.
Why We Love These:
Soft, buttery crescent rolls are already a favorite with most people.
Brush them with garlic butter and stuff them with cheese and they’re even better.
Like a cross between garlic bread and mozzarella sticks, these are flavorful, satisfying, and quite addictive.
Luckily, they’re super quick and simple to make!
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Cheese Stuffed Crescent Rolls {In Air Fryer}
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 tube crescent roll dough
- 4 string cheese
- ¼ cup melted butter
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- Fresh minced parsley for garnish
Instructions
- Unroll the crescent dough and separate the triangles of dough.
- Slice each cheese stick in half.
- Place one half string cheese at the wide end of the crescent dough. Fold the ends in and the top over and roll up the dough, being sure to completely seal in the cheese. Repeat with remaining dough.
- Stir together the butter, garlic powder, onion powder, and salt.
- Brush the butter over all sides of the crescent dough. Reserve any leftover butter for brushing on after cooking.
- Place the crescent rolls in an even layer in an air fryer basket. You may have to work in batches, depending on the size of your air fryer.
- Air fry at 350 degrees for 6 minutes or until golden brown.
- Brush with remaining butter and sprinkle with parsley before serving.
Notes
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Comments & Reviews
Jennifer says
Very wonderful and tasty recipes!
Christopher Elliott says
How is it that a serving size is 1g
Karly Campbell says
The serving size is 1 roll. That gram shouldn’t be in there – our recipe card sometimes goes a little crazy and adds it. 🙂
Elizabeth Zielenski says
I am thrilled to have found you. Every single recipe sounds fantastic , most important, easy.
Karly Campbell says
Thanks, Elizabeth!