Best air fryer settings for cooking frozen croissants evenly inside

[MeeCrowWahVey]

1st world problem I know.

I've tried a few different frozen croissants and a range of settings on the air fryer (tiny Cosori 900W/2L) - I think an air fryer should be able to do a great job but I'm not happy with the results so far. No problem getting a nice flakey outside but the inside, even if it's hot, seems undercooked - I think there should be some squidginess to it but not as much as I am seeing. I can get the inside of a chocolate croissant somewhere near right only if I bite the end off to open it up and stick it back in. The pain au raisins are the worst - even cooking for say at 150C for 5mins then back in for 165 for 12 mins (i.e. in 2 stages) it still leaves them squidgy - I think they could taste more cooked. If you cook them too long the outside just gets darker and darker.

Have you worked out any general rules about how best to cook them? In 2 steps, at a lower temp, at a higher temp? They should cook quicker than a fan oven... or maybe they just don't excel in an air fryer.

I know what you mean. I've found room temp works best - despite what the packet says.
If I remember, I just leave them out; or gently defrost in the MW.

Lower temperature for longer. We put them on the removable plate thing that came with our (ninja dual) and turn over half way.

160 C for 13 minutes works for me with M+S and Aldi frozen croissants.

Pain raisins and the long chocolate twists take longer.

I gave up and use the oven They end up burnt but raw in the middle

I find you need to turn them over just after halfway through the cooking time, but actually they are better in the normal oven

The M&S Pan au raisins are still undercooked at 150C for 20mins even when cooked after defrosting. 165C browns them off quite quickly but 150C doesn't seem to cook them so I'll continue to experiment. The smaller Sainsbury's chocolate croissants were easier to get somewhere near acceptable but still not perfect.

The air fryer is 900W and it's actually to use in my campervan. It cooks sausages 6 at a time 17-19 mins @ 160C pretty well but I there's got to more to an air fryer life than sausages. So it's all trial and error.