Cinnamon rolls over time
308 of the 364 recipes carry a publication date, from 2007 to 2026. Below: how many pages each year, whether the typical pan 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. Shading marks the periods compared below.
How the typical pan changed
No ingredient shows a clear change between cinnamon roll pages dated before 2018 and those dated 2024 or later. The medians move a little from period to period, but by no more than chance would with this many recipes.
| Per 100 g flour | Before 201877 recipes | 2018 to 202067 recipes | 2021 to 202375 recipes | 2024 and later89 recipes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LiquidNo clear change | 51% | 56% | 54% | 52% |
| ButterNo clear change | 17% | 14% | 15% | 16% |
| SugarNo clear change | 17% | 13% | 13% | 14% |
| EggNo clear change | 11% | 11% | 12% | 12% |
| YeastNo clear change | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.6% |
| SaltNo clear change | 1% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 0.9% |
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.
Ingredients that gained or lost ground
Share of each period's recipes that list the ingredient. Only changes between the oldest and newest periods too large to be likely chance are listed.
| Recipes using | Before 2018 | 2018 to 2020 | 2021 to 2023 | 2024 and later |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bread flourMore common | 3% | 11% | 10% | 21% |
Oldest and newest pages
Oldest dates
Mar 14, 2007
Old-Fashioned Cinnamon Rolls · bettycrocker.comFeb 11, 2008
Petits roulés à la cannelle : la meilleure recette · marmiton.orgOct 29, 2008
Germzimtschnecken · gutekueche.atJan 5, 2010
Kanelbullar – Brioscine alla cannella · misya.infoSep 20, 2010
Buttermilk Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Glaze · melskitchencafe.com
Newest dates
Sep 19, 2026
Kanelbullar suédois : la vraie recette · cuisineaz.comSep 18, 2026
Cinnamon rolls Companion : recette au robot · cuisineaz.comSep 18, 2026
Cinnamon rolls au Monsieur Cuisine : recette · cuisineaz.comSep 17, 2026
Cinnamon rolls sans lactose · cuisineaz.comSep 17, 2026
Cinnamon rolls healthy : recette allégée · cuisineaz.com
How the dates are read
Each date is the publication date in the recipe page's own structured data. 36 of the 364 recipes have none, or one without a year (such as “December 3”), and are left out.
20 more carry a date their site gave to many pages at once, which marks a site move or redesign rather than a publication: 2025-08-31 on cuisine.journaldesfemmes.fr (15 pages across Recipe Lab, 4 of them here), 2018-10-08 on bakerbettie.com (46 pages across Recipe Lab, 4 of them here) and 2016-11-18 on foodnetwork.com (20 pages across Recipe Lab, 2 of them here), and 9 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.