The macaroons history points to Venetian monks in the 8th or 9th century who made almond cookies for u003ca href=u0022https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_de%27_Mediciu0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noreferrer noopeneru0022u003eCatherine de' Mediciu003c/au003e. She was the one who brought the monks’ cookies to France in the 16th century. According to another legend, the two French nuns paid for their lodging in Nancy, France, by making pastry and selling their macaroons. Thus, these were first known as u0022Sister's macaroons.u0022