Write a message from the heart on these sweet treats.

Ingredients:
1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Dash salt
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup shortening
One egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Three drops oil of cinnamon (optional)
1/4 cup hard cinnamon candies, finely crushed

Directions:
In a small bowl combine flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside. In a medium bowl beat sugar and shortening with an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Add the egg, vanilla, and oil of cinnamon, if desired; beat well. Add flour mixture; beat well. Cover and chill in the refrigerator about two hours or until firm.

Cut a 10x8-inch heart pattern from paper. Halve dough. Line two cookie sheets with foil. Place half of the dough on each cookie sheet; roll into 10x8-inch rectangles. With pattern, cut dough into heart shapes. Reserve scraps. (If dough seems too soft, freeze 30 minutes or until firm.) Use alphabet- and heart-shaped cutters to cut out a message from each cookie. Remove dough from cutters.

Spoon candy into cutouts to fill holes to level of the dough. Bake in a 375-degree oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until candy is melted and cookies are done. Cool on cookie sheets. Peel foil from cookies. Reroll dough scraps; cut with 3-inch cookie cutters. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake in the 375 degree F. oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until done. Cool on pan.

Recipe makes two large and six small cookies (18 servings).