Biscuits over time
288 of the 321 recipes carry a publication date, from 2001 to 2026. Below: how many pages each year, whether the typical batch changed between the oldest and newest, and the oldest and newest pages themselves.
A date here is the one the page gives for itself: when it was published, or last updated. Sites often refresh an old recipe and its date together, so read these as when the pages went up, not when the recipes were created.
Recipes per year
Dated pages by the year they give. The first bar gathers the 2 pages from before 2007. Shading marks the periods compared below.
How the typical batch changed
Between biscuit pages dated before 2018 and those dated 2024 or later, the median fat rose from 34% to 45% of the flour weight. Buttermilk, leavening, sugar and salt show no clear change.
| Per 100 g flour | Before 201868 recipes | 2018 to 202074 recipes | 2021 to 202390 recipes | 2024 and later56 recipes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FatHigher | 34% | 40% | 45% | 45% |
| ButtermilkNo clear change | 86% | 78% | 86% | 81% |
| LeaveningNo clear change | 5.5% | 5.1% | 4.9% | 5.3% |
| SugarNo clear change | 3.3% | 3.1% | 3% | 4.3% |
| SaltNo clear change | 1.5% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.9% |
Each cell is the median baker's percentage in that period: grams of the ingredient per 100 g of flour. Higher and lower compare the newest period with the oldest, only where the change is clear (see how below). Periods are cut at year boundaries so each holds about the same number of recipes.
Oldest and newest pages
Oldest dates
Feb 2, 2001
Baking Powder Biscuits · bettycrocker.comNov 25, 2003
Angel Biscuits · bettycrocker.comJan 17, 2007
Baking Powder Biscuits Recipe · trinigourmet.comApr 15, 2007
Quick Sticky Biscuits · leitesculinaria.comJan 22, 2009
The Classic Biscuit · countryliving.com
Newest dates
Sep 17, 2026
Drop Biscuit Recipe · chelseasmessyapron.comJun 29, 2026
Angel Biscuits · aspicyperspective.comJun 15, 2026
Buttermilk Biscuits · sugarspunrun.comJun 7, 2026
Homemade Biscuits · spendwithpennies.comJun 1, 2026
Homemade Cornbread Biscuits (3 Ways) · sallysbakingaddiction.com
How the dates are read
Each date is the publication date in the recipe page's own structured data. 19 of the 321 recipes have none, or one without a year (such as “December 3”), and are left out.
14 more carry a date their site gave to many pages at once, which marks a site move or redesign rather than a publication: 2018-01-01 on tasteofhome.com (222 pages across Recipe Lab, 5 of them here), 2018-10-08 on bakerbettie.com (46 pages across Recipe Lab, 4 of them here) and 2017-01-04 on foodnetwork.com (5 pages across Recipe Lab, 3 of them here), and 2 more like it. They are left out too.
A change counts as clear when the newest period's median differs from the oldest period's by at least a tenth and a rank test puts the gap at 2.5 standard errors or more. For the share of recipes using an ingredient, the bar is 3 standard errors and 8 percentage points. Every ingredient is tested, so a lower bar would flag chance differences on most pages.
2026 is still in progress, so its bar is short for a reason that has nothing to do with baking.