Preheat oven to 375°F.
Cream the butter and sugar together with a mixer until it starts to look fluffy. Scrape the sides down.
Beat in the eggs, vanilla, and almond extract.
Mix in the flour, salt, and baking soda until all incorporated and dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
Lightly flour your work surface and roll out the dough to just over 1/4 inch thick.
Cut out your cookies and place them 1 inch apart on an ungreased sheet pan.
Continue until all the dough is used. Be careful not to overwork the dough when you reroll it. Just smush the leftover pieces together without kneading and roll it out again.
Bake in the preheated oven for 8 minutes. The tops of the cookies will still look pale, but the undersides will be a light brown.
Move the cookies to cooling racks and allow to completely cool before frosting.
The calorie count includes the frosting.