Double Quick, Super Easy Dinner Rolls

This is basically what I think some call a spoon roll recipe. I could be wrong, and I don't even remember where I found this recipe. It is really good and SO easy. People are so impressed when you serve HOMEMADE bread, but this is such an easy recipe. Most bread recipes that you have to knead I end up making like a brick. You don't have to knead these, so I'm safe there. :o) Start making them an hour or so before you want to serve them.

Ingredients

2 1/4 C. of all purpose flour (split into 1 and 1/4 cups and then save the other 1 cup for later in the recipe)
3 T. of sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 T. of quick active dry yeast
1 C. of very warm water
2 T. shortening
1 egg

Mix 1 and 1/2 cups of flour with sugar, salt and yeast in a large bowl. Add warm water and shortening and mix until the shortening is mostly melted. Add egg to the mixture and mix until smooth. Stir in remaining flour until smooth. Scrape the batter from the side of the blow. Cover and let rise in a warm place for about 30 minutes or until doubled in size. Spray 12 regular sized muffin cups with cooking spray. Be sure to get not only the inside of the muffin cups, but the top of the tin, too (these rise pretty high). Stir down the batter by beating about 25 strokes. Spoon into muffin cups. Let rise for 20 or 30 minutes or until batter rounds over the tops of the cups. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Bake rolls for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. Your guests or family will be so impressed with fresh, homemade rolls that taste like you spent half the day working on them! A yummy crowd pleaser!