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Air Fryer Frozen Pizza

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Frozen pizza cooked in the air fryer produces a crispy, cracker-like crust with fully melted, slightly caramelized cheese in roughly half the time of a conventional oven.

Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 frozen pizza (personal to medium size, fitting your air fryer basket)
  • Optional: light mist of olive oil spray (for extra crispy crust bottom)
  • Optional toppings to add mid-cook: extra shredded mozzarella, pepperoni slices, fresh basil, red pepper flakes

Instructions

  1. Preheat the air fryer to 375–380°F (190–193°C) for 3 minutes.
  2. If using parchment, cut a piece of perforated air fryer parchment to fit the basket and place it in the preheated basket. Place the frozen pizza on top, or place it directly on the basket grate. Optionally, lightly mist the crust bottom with olive oil spray.
  3. Cook at 375–380°F: 8 minutes for thin crust personal pizza, 10 minutes for regular crust (9–11 inch), or 12 minutes for rising/thick crust. Check at the lower end of the range — cheese should be melted with golden-brown spots and the crust edge should be golden.
  4. If adding fresh toppings (extra cheese, pepperoni, sliced olives), add them in the final 2–3 minutes of cooking and continue cooking until melted and bubbly.
  5. Slide a wide spatula under the pizza to remove it from the basket. Let rest for 1–2 minutes before cutting to allow the cheese to set.

Notes

Match temperature to crust thickness: thin crust needs high heat (380°F) for a short time; thick crust needs lower heat (350–360°F) for longer to cook through without burning the edges.

Most basket-style air fryers (5–6 qt) fit personal-size or mini frozen pizzas up to 10–11 inches. Larger pizzas require an oven-style air fryer or cutting the pizza to fit.

For deep-dish pizzas, use 350°F for up to 14 minutes and consider loosely covering with aluminum foil for the first 6 minutes to prevent the top from burning before the dough sets.

Find it online: https://airfrycentral.com/air-fryer-frozen-pizza/