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Name: Caramel Apple Air Fryer Dessert Pizza
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 1 h 43 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 4 ounces of cream cheese softened; 6 tablespoons of butter, softened; 1 cup of powdered sugar; 2 teaspoons of vanilla; Caramelized apples; 3 tablespoons of butter softened; 1/4 cup of brown sugar; 2 tablespoons of salted butter; ⅓ cup of brown sugar; 1 tablespoon of water; 2 large apples; 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon; 1 ½ cups of warm water (110 degrees F); 2 teaspoons of sugar; 2 ¼ teaspoons of dry yeast; 3 ½ cups of all-purpose flour; 2 tablespoons of olive oil; 2 teaspoons of salt; 1/2 cup of cornmeal

Caramel Apple Air Fryer Dessert Pizza

September 12, 2023 by Rachel Leave a Comment

Summer has flown by. Before we know it, Autumn will be here. Truthfully, Autumn has always been my favorite season. I love the crisp air, the turning leaves, and most of all, the delicious apple foods! But this caramel apple air fryer dessert pizza is perfect for any season. It’s crispy, gooey, and oh-so-flavorful!

Why the air fryer?

As someone who creates a lot of Instant Pot and air fryer meals, I get this question a lot. Honestly, both of these kitchen gadgets have been a game changer for me. Not only are they easy to use, but they create less mess, and a faster cook time. And I know busy parents can relate to that! These gadgets are truly a lifesaver. And that’s why I use the air fryer for this recipe.

What you’ll need

Listen, this recipe is lengthy. Both as far as ingredients and steps. But I need to tell you — give it a shot. It’s much, much easier than you would expect. With homemade pizza crust, you’ll need the following ingredients:

warm water
sugar
dry yeast
all-purpose flour
olive oil
salt
cornmeal

The pizza dough crust ingredients are so simple. The caramelized apples and cream cheese frosting are even more simple. Here’s what else you’ll need to have on hand:

salted butter
brown sugar
water
2 large apples
ground cinnamon
cream cheese
powdered sugar
vanilla

Pro tip: The apples you get should be of the tart variety. Tart apple varieties include Pink Lady, McIntosh, and Cortland apples!

Caramel Apple Air Fryer Dessert Pizza Recipe

Yield: 4

Caramel Apple Air Fryer Dessert Pizza

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 8 minutes

Additional Time 1 hour 15 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 43 minutes

Ingredients

Pizza Dough

1 ½ cups of warm water (110 degrees F)
2 teaspoons of sugar
2 ¼ teaspoons of dry yeast
3 ½ cups of all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons of olive oil
2 teaspoons of salt
1/2 cup of cornmeal

Caramelized Apples

2 tablespoons of salted butter
⅓ cup of brown sugar
1 tablespoon of water
2 large apples
1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon

Pizza Assembly

Caramelized apples
3 tablespoons of butter softened
1/4 cup of brown sugar

Cream Cheese Frosting

4 ounces of cream cheese softened
6 tablespoons of butter, softened
1 cup of powdered sugar
2 teaspoons of vanilla

Instructions

Ingredients:

Pizza Dough

In a large bowl, add your warm water and yeast. Stir and mix. Allow your yeast to proof for about five minutes.
After five minutes, add in your sugar, flour, olive oil, and salt. Mix until fully incorporated.
If using a stand mixer, knead with the dough hook for about five minutes on medium speed. If using your hands, transfer the dough ball to a lightly floured flat surface and knead for about 10 minutes.
Transfer your dough ball to a lightly oiled bowl. Cover with a clean towel for 1 hour, or until it's doubled in size.

Caramelizing Onions

Peel and dice the apples into small pieces.
In a medium saucepan melt the butter over medium high heat.
When the butter is melted, add the sugar, water, and apples. Stir and cook until the sugar is melted. 3 minutes.
Lower the heat to medium-low and consistently stir while cooking for 8 minutes.
Add the cinnamon and cook/stir for 1 minute.
Remove from heat and let cool for 20 minutes. Place in a jar and cool for 1 hour.

Pizza Assembly

Preheat your air fryer to 380°
Once your dough has doubled in size, remove your dough ball to a lightly floured surface.
Divide your ball into 4 sections.
Roll your dough using a rolling pin until it is 8 inches in diameter.
Dust the air fryer pan with the cornmeal and transfer your pizza dough to your pan. Press to flatten down on the bottom of the pan.
Once your air fryer is heated, cook your dough for 4 minutes.
In a mixing bowl, add and mix the caramelized apples, 3 tablespoons of melted butter, and 1/4 cup of brown sugar.
Remove the cooked dough and then top it with 1/4 of the caramel apple sauce from the mixing bowl. Cook for another 4 minutes.
Repeat the steps for each pizza.
While the pizza is cooking, add the frosting ingredients to a bowl and mix to combine.
Once the pizza is cooked and cooled, pipe or drizzle the frosting onto the pizzas.
Serve and enjoy! Use any extra frosting as a dipping sauce.

Truly this recipe is so easy. If you’re looking for other Fall recipes, check out these adorable Mummy Jalapeño Poppers!

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Unicorn Pop Tart Recipe

March 27, 2023 by Rachel 6 Comments

As we get further into this school year, our mornings have become increasingly chaotic. Between bathing, clothing, and feeding all three kids, we are often barely to school on time. I try to get my kids to eat something — anything! — before school starts. Some days are easier than others. One of the problems we have run into is that my kids just don’t really like traditional Pop Tarts. Enter the Unicorn Pop Tart Recipe. My kids are obsessed! And I think your kids will be, too!

What You’ll Need

In my opinion, traditional pop tarts really lack because of the dry pastry crust. Thankfully these unicorn pop tarts do not have that problem. I make these using refrigerated pie crusts, like these Pillsbury crusts. The other trick to creating these delicious, flaky pop tarts, is to use your air fryer. YES! Pop tarts in the air fryer will cook these to perfection.

Here’s what else you’ll need:

15 ounces of pie crusts (equivalent to 2 crusts), store bought or homemade
blue food coloring
pink food coloring
any flavor of jelly preserves
powdered sugar
milk
an egg
a heart cookie cutter
and sprinkles!

Be sure to play around with different jelly preserves, food coloring, and sprinkles!

Unicorn Pop Tart Recipe

Unicorn Pop Tarts

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 11 minutes

Total Time 26 minutes

Ingredients

15 oz of pie crusts (equivalent to 2 crusts), store bought or homemade
3 drops blue food coloring
5 ounces jelly preserves total, any flavor (I used strawberry)
1 cup powdered sugar
2 TBSP milk (you may add more if you like your icing to be a thinner consistency)
2 drops pink food coloring
1 egg, whisked
4 tablespoons mixture of pink and purple sprinkles
1 heart cookie cutter

Instructions

INGREDIENTS -

On one of the heart-shaped crust, take 1 tablespoon of your jelly preserves, and place it in the middle. Spread it out evenly on the heart shape. Make sure to leave room around the edges.

Taking your finger, dip it in the egg wash, and evenly spread the egg wash around the edges surrounding the jelly.

Place another heart shaped pie crust on top of the other heart with the jelly on it. Using a fork press down the edges creating a seal.

Using a kitchen brush, dip it in the egg wash and top the rest of your heart shape with the egg wash.

Using a fork, or toothpick, poke about 6 to 8 holes in the top of your top layer pastry.

Depending on the size of your air fryer, place as many pastry hearts in your air fryer that will fit without interfering with the shape of the pastry.

Cook your pop tart at 370° for 7 minutes. Once the timer is done, open your air fryer, and flip your pop tarts. Continue to cook at 370° for an additional 3 to 4 minutes, or until it is reached a soft brown color.

Remove from the air fryer, and transfer to a cooling rack.

While your pastries are cooling, mix together your powdered sugar, milk, and pink food coloring (you can add more or less depending on the color of food coloring you prefer). You can choose to add more powdered sugar if you like your icing thicker, or more milk if you like your icing thinner.

Drizzle your icing over your pop tart and add your sprinkles while your frosting is still wet.

Allow them to cool and the frosting to harden, and then enjoy!

© Rachel

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Air Fryer Turkey Breast

March 7, 2023 by Rachel 6 Comments

Delicious meals don’t have to be difficult. In fact, they shouldn’t be. Air Fryer Turkey Breast recipe is a great way to cook a smaller amount of turkey that turns out perfectly tender and moist in just 45 minutes — without the hassle of the oven.

Why use an air fryer?

As noted above, the primary reason for using an air fryer is that you won’t have to heat up the whole oven. Additionally, the air fryer is just plain ol’ efficient. If you’re still in the market for an air fryer, my two favorites are this one and this one.

What You’ll Need

There are just six simple ingredients with this recipe. You’ll need only the following:

2 pounds turkey breast (with skin)

4 Tablespoons of butter, melted

1 Tablespoon of sea salt

1 Tablespoons of fresh peppercorn, ground well

2 Tablespoon of garlic, minced

4 sprigs thyme, remove from stem

I would add that the ‘optional’ ingredients would be things to enhance your turkey breast. Whether that be a good turkey gravy or cranberry sauce, you won’t be disappointed!

If you are looking for a post-turkey dessert, be sure to check out this Instant Pot Peach Cobbler.

The Full Recipe

Yield: 3-4
Air Fryer Turkey Breast

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes

Total Time 50 minutes

Ingredients

2 pounds turkey breast (with skin)

4 Tablespoons of butter, melted

1 Tablespoon of sea salt

1 Tablespoons of fresh peppercorn, ground well

2 Tablespoon of garlic, minced

4 sprigs thyme, remove from stem

Instructions

INGREDIENTS -
Melt your butter in the microwave or on a double broiler on the stove.
Once melted, add in the sea salt, peppercorn, garlic, and thyme. Mix.
Using a basting brush, brush your butter mix on the top and bottom of the turkey breast.
Place the turkey breast in your air fryer.
Set your Air Fryer to 375 degrees F for 45 minutes.
At the halfway mark of about 22/23 minutes, flip the breast with tongs. Continue to cook.
Once the air fryer has finished cooking, cut and serve!
Top with cranberry sauce, gravy, or eat as is! Enjoy!

© Rachel

Air Fryer Chicken Hibachi with Veggies

January 5, 2023 by Rachel 6 Comments

Now that the hustle and bustle of the holidays is over, many of us are trying to find our footing once again with family meals. Once again we’ve been thrown back into the chaos of real-life. For many of us, that means less time to think about meal planning. If you’re in a pinch for dinner plans, this delicious Air Fryer Chicken Hibachi with Veggies is the perfect meal.

Why use the air fryer?

If you’ve followed my other recipes for a while, you’ll know I love using my Instant Pot and Air Fryer. They are just handy tools. Using the air fryer for this particular recipe just makes sense. First and foremost, it’s basically a one-pan meal. Second, the convection feature of the air fryer cooks this up quickly — which is perfect for a busy weeknight. However, this can easily be converted to a stovetop recipe in a wok.

What You’ll Need

Besides the air fryer, here’s what else you’ll need:

zucchini

yellow squash

onion

garlic

sesame oil

soy sauce

butter, salt and pepper

1 pound of boneless chicken thighs

and lemon juice.

Serve with a side of white rice and yum yum sauce!

Air Fryer Chicken Hibachi with Veggies

Yield: 4 servings
Air Fryer Chicken Hibachi with Veggies

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Total Time 45 minutes

Ingredients

1 zucchini

1 yellow squash

1 yellow onion

1 tablespoon of minced garlic, divided

2 tablespoons of sesame oil, divided

2 tablespoons of soy sauce, divided

2 tablespoons of butter, divided

1/2 teaspoon of salt, divided

1/2 teaspoon of pepper, divided

1 lb chicken thighs, boneless and skinless

1/2 tablespoon of lemon juice

Sesame seeds for garnish

Instructions

INGREDIENTS -
Cut the vegetables into bite-size pieces and set them aside.
Place the pie pan in the air fryer basket and add 1/2 tablespoon garlic, 1 tablespoon oil, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, and 1 tablespoon butter. Season with salt and pepper.
Add the vegetables and cook at 400° for 10 minutes. Shake the vegetables every 3 minutes.
Once vegetables are almost well done, remove them and set aside.
In the same pan, add the chicken thighs whole and add the remaining garlic, oil, soy, and butter. Cut the lemon in half and square the juices of one half onto the chicken. Season with salt and pepper. Cook at 400° for 10 minutes.
Remove the chicken and chop it into bite-size pieces. Return chicken to the pan with vegetables and cook for 5 more minutes.

Return chicken to the pan with vegetables and cook for 5 more minutes.
Remove from the air fryer and let cool.
Serve with steamed rice and Yum Yum Sauce. Garnish with sesame seeds.

© Rachel

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Air Fryer Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs

November 11, 2022 by Rachel 9 Comments

As a mom, mealtime can be completely hit or miss. Ari will eat anything. And everything! But the girls are still in the smack dab of their picky phase. Lucky for me, the girls will always, always eat these two things — hot dogs and bacon. Sure, these kids oftentimes find themselves eating hot dogs. But bring their love of bacon and hot dogs together? Well, that’s just perfection in their eyes. These air fryer bacon wrapped hot dogs are a fan favorite, for sure.

What you’ll need

This recipe is the opposite of pretentious. I’m not going to beat around the bush. This is one thousand percent kid-friendly. There is nothing about bacon and hot dogs that kids will not love. But, it is delicious — even for adults! Just fancy these dogs up with some onions, jalapeño, and a generous handful of sharp cheddar!

The ingredients

8 count pack of your favorite hot dogs

8 slices of bacon

8 count of hotdog buns

Cheddar, shredded

1 fresh jalapeño

1/4 cup of diced onion

ketchup and mustard (optional)

That’s it! Also, you’ll want to be sure you have your favorite air fryer on hand.

Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs Recipe

Yield: 8 hot dogs
Air Fryer Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 12 minutes

Total Time 22 minutes

Ingredients

8 count pack of your favorite hot dogs

8 slices of bacon

8 count of hotdog buns

Cheddar, shredded

1 fresh jalapeño

1/4 cup of diced onion

ketchup and mustard (optional)

Instructions

INGREDIENTS -
Wrap each uncooked hot dog with 1 slice of uncooked bacon.

Completely wrap the hotdog.
Place each wrapped hotdog in the air fryer basket and cook at 400°f for 10-12 minutes depending on how cooked you prefer your bacon.
Clean and dice jalapeño.
Remove hotdogs from the air fryer and let sit for 1 minute.

Place the hotdog in a bun and top with cheese, onion, and jalapeños.
These hotdogs are juicy and pack a punch full of flavor but if you need more, you can add mustard and or ketchup.

© Rachel

Please do not skip out on the sharp cheddar or jalapeños. They truly add an additional zip that adults will love.

Air Fryer Doritos Chicken Tenders

November 2, 2022 by Rachel 2 Comments

When I first became a mom I swore up and down that my kids would eat all-organic, never try fast food, and all of the other things that people who aren’t yet parents think they’ll do! Ha! Turns out, I knew nothing about parenting before I was a parent. And, honestly, I’m happy about that. My kids have recently discovered how much they love Doritos. Ari likes the super spicy ones, but the girls both love the Cool Ranch and Nacho Cheese. So why not combine the two things they love? These air fryer Doritos Chicken Tenders check all the kid-friendly dinner boxes. And that’s a total win for me.

What you’ll need

The awesome thing about this recipe is that it basically consists of all of the things we parents already have in our house. Sure, you’ll need an air fryer. But the other items (including the Doritos) are things we generally have on-hand. I’ll admit — I sometimes don’t have normal crackers for chicken tender breading. But ya know what I always have? Doritos. We always have Doritos in this house.

Here’s everything you’ll need:

1/2 bag (4.5 oz) of nacho cheese Doritos

3 cups of panko crumbs

1 cup of cornstarch

1 lb of chicken tenders (approximately 12-15)

1 tablespoon of parsley

1/2 tablespoon of garlic powder

1/2 teaspoon of salt

1/2 teaspoon of pepper

3 eggs

My only other advice would be to use air fryer liners to help keep the mess at a minimum.

Air Fryer Doritos Chicken Tenders Recipe

Yield: 12-15 pieces
Air Fryer Doritos Chicken Tenders

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

1/2 bag (4.5 oz) of nacho cheese Doritos

3 cups of panko crumbs

1 cup of cornstarch

1 lb of chicken tenders (approximately 12-15)

1 tablespoon of parsley

1/2 tablespoon of garlic powder

1/2 teaspoon of salt

1/2 teaspoon of pepper

3 eggs

Instructions

INGREDIENTS -
Add the chips to a blender or food processor. Pulse for 30 seconds until crumbs resemble the same size as panko with some larger pieces.
Mix panko and chip crumbs in a large dish. Set aside.
Mix the cornstarch and the spices in another dish. Set aside.
Beat the eggs in another dish. Set aside.
Toss the tenders in the cornstarch, then in the egg wash, and then finally in the chip crumbs. Fully coat the tenders. Repeat for each tender in each step.

Place the tenders on parchment paper in the air fryer basket and spray them with oil. Cook each batch at 400° F for 15 minutes, flipping and spraying with oil halfway. Make sure the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 160° F for food safety.
Remove tenders and let cool.
Enjoy with your favorite dipping sauce!

© Rachel

Enjoy!

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