Buttery, pillowy Lion House rolls are easier to make than you might think.

Their signature spiral might make them the prettiest bread to ever grace your table.

Lion House rolls are a regional specialty made famous by Utahs Lion House restaurant.

Utah’s famous lion house rolls on a baking sheet with a jar of melted butter to the left.

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They make the perfect carb-laden pillow for sopping up all sorts of sauces and soups.

What Are Lion House Rolls?

This is great for things like pizza or sourdough, but we want fluffy, soft rolls here.

Side view of a tray of lion house rolls

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What if I Dont Have Milk Powder?

I made a test batch using that version with great success.

How to Know if Your Yeast Is Dead or Alive?

Four lion house dinner rolls in a basket with blue linens.

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Its so disappointing to bake a recipe only to discover your rolls didnt rise and your yeast is dead.

New bakers can accidentally kill yeast by adding it to water or milk thats too hot.

You want the liquid to be between 80F 100F.

Lion House Roll on a plate with its swirls facing out. A basket of additional rolls is behind the plate.

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After about five minutes the yeast should become foamy and float on top of the milk mixture.

You will add your dough to it once its been made.

Mix briefly with a spatula just to wet the yeast.

A metal bowl with milk and yeast inside to make lion house rolls.

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Let it sit to foam, about 5 minutes.

Scrape the dough from the bowl and knead a few times on the counter before forming into a ball.

Place the dough ball in the oiled bowl and cover with plastic.

A glass bowl with Utah’s Famous Lion House Roll dough inside.

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Place the bowl with the dough in the refrigerator and let it rise slowly overnight.

About 40 inches x 10 inches and about 1/8 inch thick.

Roll the buttered dough from the longest side closest to you like a very long cinnamon roll.

A glass bowl with lion house dinner roll dough rising inside.

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Pinch the seam closed and cut the enter half, so each log is about 20 inches.

Divide each log into six somewhat equal portions.

Place the buns seam side down, four across on a sheet pan in three rows.

Lion house dinner roll dough on a counter.

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Dust the tops with flour so the dough doesnt stick and cover the rolls with plastic.

Rise in a warm spot until doubled, about 1 hour.

Heat the oven to 350F.

Side view of Utah’s Famous Lion House Roll dough rolled out on a countertop.

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Remove from the oven and place on a rack to cool.

While the rolls are still hot, brush them with the remaining melted butter.

Sprinkle with salt if you like.

How to make lion house rolls by brushing the rolled out dough with butter.

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Cool to room temperature before serving.

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Side view of lion house dinner roll dough cut down the middle with a measuring tape in front of it.

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Lion house roll recipe dough rising on a baking sheet.

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Formed lion house roll recipe set on a baking sheet and rising.

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Lion house dinner roll being brushed with melted butter.

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Utah’s Famouse Lion House Rolls on a baking sheet set on a cooling rack.

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