Mary's Basic Cookie Dough

Cream together margarine and sugar; blend and add in eggs. Add vanilla.

Add sifted dry ingredients.

Blend well.

Divide dough into 4 parts.

Each part can be used for another cookie. You can roll into a log and pour colored sugar on wax paper and roll dough over it and freeze.

When it is solid, you can slice cookies or you can add a tablespoon of cocoa to another roll and then freeze until solid, then slice and bake.

Or you can put part into cookie press or you can roll out on floured board and make cut out cookies.

Bake at 350° approximately 15 minutes.

You can also add nuts to one part.