Crepes over time
264 of the 338 recipes carry a publication date, from 2000 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 7 pages from before 2007. Shading marks the periods compared below.
How the typical batch changed
Between crepe pages dated before 2016 and those dated 2024 or later, the median sugar rose from 0% to 10% of the flour weight. Liquid, egg, butter and salt show no clear change.
| Per 100 g flour | Before 201666 recipes | 2016 to 202074 recipes | 2021 to 202361 recipes | 2024 and later63 recipes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LiquidNo clear change | 243% | 248% | 243% | 244% |
| EggNo clear change | 80% | 80% | 80% | 80% |
| ButterNo clear change | 11% | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| SugarHigher | 0% | 6.2% | 9.6% | 10% |
| SaltNo clear change | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% |
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 2016 | 2016 to 2020 | 2021 to 2023 | 2024 and later |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VanillaMore common | 13% | 35% | 42% | 39% |
Oldest and newest pages
Oldest dates
Dec 12, 2000
Crepes · bettycrocker.comApr 11, 2003
Apfelpalatschinken · gutekueche.atSep 7, 2003
Crêpes fines : la meilleure recette · marmiton.orgFeb 16, 2004
Buttermilchcrepes · gutekueche.atJul 31, 2005
Crepe doce · tudogostoso.com.br
Newest dates
Sep 26, 2026
Crespelle: ingredienti, ricetta base e suggerimenti · ricettedellanonna.netSep 13, 2026
Pâte à crêpes facile · mapatisserie.frAug 7, 2026
Crêpes · uitpaulineskeuken.nlAug 2, 2026
Crêpes Fines et Moelleuses : Ma Recette de Pâte à Crêpes Légère · mapatisserie.frJul 10, 2026
Homemade Crepes · sallysbakingaddiction.com
How the dates are read
Each date is the publication date in the recipe page's own structured data. 47 of the 338 recipes have none, or one without a year (such as “December 3”), and are left out.
27 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, 10 of them here), 2022-10-07 on receitasnestle.com.br (25 pages across Recipe Lab, 4 of them here) and 2026-07-29 on vaqueiro.pt (15 pages across Recipe Lab, 4 of them here), and 5 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.