Cornbread over time
211 of the 250 recipes carry a publication date, from 1999 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. The first bar gathers the 2 pages from before 2007. Shading marks the periods compared below.
How the typical pan changed
Between cornbread pages dated before 2018 and those dated 2023 or later, the median fat rose from 24% to 40% of the flour weight. Cornmeal share, buttermilk, sugar, egg, leavening and salt show no clear change.
| Per 100 g flour | Before 201868 recipes | 2018 to 202281 recipes | 2023 and later62 recipes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornmeal shareNo clear change | 53% | 53% | 53% |
| ButtermilkNo clear change | 93% | 93% | 93% |
| FatHigher | 24% | 35% | 40% |
| SugarNo clear change | 18% | 25% | 26% |
| EggNo clear change | 36% | 35% | 36% |
| LeaveningNo clear change | 4.2% | 4.4% | 4% |
| SaltNo clear change | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.3% |
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 2022 | 2023 and later |
|---|---|---|---|
| ButterMore common | 75% | 85% | 95% |
| Corn kernelsLess common | 36% | 22% | 12% |
Oldest and newest pages
Oldest dates
Jul 26, 1999
Mexican Cornbread · bettycrocker.comAug 9, 2001
Bacon Cornbread · leitesculinaria.comSep 27, 2007
Pain au maïs · cuisineaz.comFeb 25, 2008
Z’Tejas Style Cornbread · melskitchencafe.comOct 4, 2008
Corn Bread · simplytrinicooking.com
Newest dates
Jul 30, 2026
Blueberry Cornbread · delish.comJul 17, 2026
Tomato Cornbread · countryliving.comJul 1, 2026
Jalapeno Cornbread Recipe · chilipeppermadness.comMay 9, 2026
Perfectly Moist and Sweet Cornbread · alexandracooks.comApr 13, 2026
Sopa Paraquaya Maisbrot · gutekueche.at
How the dates are read
Each date is the publication date in the recipe page's own structured data. 24 of the 250 recipes have none, or one without a year (such as “December 3”), and are left out.
15 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), 2016-11-18 on foodnetwork.com (20 pages across Recipe Lab, 3 of them here) and 2004-01-01 on bettycrocker.com (21 pages across Recipe Lab, 1 of them here), and 6 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.