*Use white chocolate with cocoa butter.

Melt half of the white chocolate chips with a tablespoon of shortening in a small pan; set aside. Cream the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl. Add vanilla and eggs; mix again. Mix in melted white chocolate. Add baking powder, salt, and as much flour as you can with the electric mixer then stir the rest in with a spoon. Stir in the other half of the white chocolate chips and the crushed hard candy. (I use assorted fruit-flavor hard candies.)

Drop by spoonfuls on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake at 375-degrees for 8-10 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.