Preheat oven to 350F and lined your cookie sheets with parchment paper.
In a bowl, using a stand or hand mix, cream butter and white sugar until smooth for about 3-4 minutes.
Add in the vanilla and almond extract as well as the egg and beat together for another minute or so.
In a seperate bowl, add in your flour, baking powder, and salt.
Scoop in about a cup of the dry ingredients at a time into the wet ingredients until everything is combined. The dough will be crumbly.
On a clean and floured surface, knead your sugar cookie dough together until you're able to shape into a ball.
Split the dough in half and roll out the first chunk. Using a flower or scallop cookie cutter, start shaping your cookies and place on baking sheet.
Bake for 6-8 minutes and let the cookies cool completely on a cookie rack.