Instructions: In a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.

In a large mixer bowl, beat butter and shortening together. Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy; beat in egg and extract. With mixer at low speed, gradually blend in flour mixture just until well-mixed. Turn dough out onto a sheet of plastic wrap, cover with another sheet, flatten into a disc and chill until firm, 15 to 30 minutes.

While the dough is chilling, give each child a few 3-by-5-inch index cards. Cut each card to resemble a pair of sunglasses (just the frames, not the temples); set patterns aside. Divide Life Savers by colors. Place each color in a freezer-weight zipper-sealed plastic bag and crack coarsely with a tin can or meat mallet.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place about half the dough on a surface lightly sprinkled with flour. Sprinkle dough lightly with additional flour and roll to about 1/4-inch thick. Lay sunglasses patterns on dough and cut around. Cut holes for "lenses" out of each cookie, leaving "frame" at least 1/2-inch wide all around. Lift cookies onto a lightly greased, foil-lined baking sheet. Spoon crushed candy into lens holes, filling level with top of cookie. Bake 7 to 9 minutes; let cool completely on sheets. Carefully peel off foil.

Yield: 18 large cookies.

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