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My recipe for crispy air fryer calzones comes together in only a few minutes, using pre-made pizza dough (either homemade or store-bought!). Ready in 20 minutes and customizable with whatever fillings you choose, calzones are my go-to choice for a quick dinner, or a grab and go snack! Yields 8 calzones.
Making calzones in the air fryer is a bit of a “non-recipe” recipe. It’s open to a lot of variations depending on what is in your fridge, the size of your air fryer, and what everyone in the family likes in their calzones.
Use my instructions as a guideline and then go make these calzones your own.
Reader Review
“Super easy to make!! Followed the pizza dough recipe as well!! My boys loved them and my son enjoyed putting them together with me. Paired with a big salad and everyone was full and super satisfied. This is a good one!!!”
Angela
I have tested this recipe with our 100% whole wheat pizza dough recipe, our overnight pizza dough, and a batch of our homemade pizza sauce.
Pro Tips/Recipe Notes
- If you’re using refrigerated pizza dough, allow it to come to room temperature before rolling.
- If you’re making pizza dough from scratch, add 1 hour to the prep time estimate for the recipe.
- Any meat(s) you use in the air fryer calzones must be cooked prior to baking.
- Watery vegetables (like mushrooms, zucchini, etc.) are best if sauteed and drained of excess water prior to baking the calzones.
20-Minute Air Fryer Calzones Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 lb pizza dough {homemade or storebought}
- all-purpose flour {for working with the dough}
- 1/2 cup pizza sauce
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella
- toppings of your choice
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
- Divide the dough into 8 equally sized pieces.1 lb pizza dough
- Working with 1 piece at a time, roll pizza dough into a 6-inch circle to the thickness of ~1/8 inch.all-purpose flour
- Spread 1-2 tbsp of pizza sauce on one half of the circle, leaving a 1-inch border.1/2 cup pizza sauce
- Add ~3 tbsp cheese and ~2 tbsp various toppings to each calzone.2 cups shredded mozzarella, toppings of your choice
- Fold the clean side of the dough up and over the filled side.
- Brush olive oil on the basket of the air fryer AND the top of the calzone.1 tbsp olive oil
- Place 1-2 calzones in the air fryer and bake at 370˚F for 9 minutes (check at 7 minutes since all air fryers will bake slightly differently).
Notes
- If you’re making pizza dough from scratch, add 1 hour to the prep time for the recipe.
- If using refrigerated pizza dough, allow it to come to room temperature before rolling.
- All meats used must be cooked before baking in air fryer.
Oven Baking Instructions:
Bake on a baking sheet at 435˚F for 15-20 minutes.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Easy recipe with outstanding results made once loved. It second time made bunch gave around my neighborhood all loved them. I even put some in ziplock bags wrapped with paper towel ate next day for lunch just heated up few min in air fryer tasted just as good. This recipe is added to my list thank you
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Super easy to make!! Followed the pizza dough recipe as well!! My boys loved them and my son enjoyed putting them together with me. Paired with a big salad and everyone was full and super satisfied. This is a good one!!!
I’m really big on big batch freezer meals, and this would be perfect for me. I personally don’t use any parchment in my air fryer because to me there’s no difference even with clean up. I just put both the basket and drawer in the dishwasher–problem solved. I can understand if the basket and/or drawer can’t go in the dishwasher, but for my model they both can. I also oil the entire calzone or whatever food I’m air frying. I use EVO oil sprayers–each spray is exactly 1/4 teaspoon so I know exactly what I’m putting on my foods before air frying them.