English muffins over time
60 of the 76 recipes carry a publication date, from 2008 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. Shading marks the periods compared below.
How the typical batch changed
No ingredient shows a clear change between English muffin pages dated before 2021 and those dated 2021 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 202129 recipes | 2021 and later31 recipes |
|---|---|---|
| LiquidNo clear change | 73% | 76% |
| FatNo clear change | 6% | 6% |
| SugarNo clear change | 3% | 4.3% |
| SaltNo clear change | 1.5% | 1.6% |
| YeastNo clear change | 1.1% | 1.2% |
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
Jul 19, 2008
Les muffins anglais · ptitchef.comJun 26, 2009
Muffins anglais au levain kayser · ptitchef.comSep 17, 2010
Muffins anglais · ptitchef.comOct 25, 2011
English Muffin Bread · melskitchencafe.comJul 27, 2012
Receta de muffins ingleses, una clásico de la gastronomía británica · directoalpaladar.com
Newest dates
May 6, 2026
Sourdough English Muffin Loaf Recipe · farmhouseonboone.comJan 15, 2026
English Muffin Bread · biggerbolderbaking.comDec 1, 2025
English Muffins · tastesbetterfromscratch.comSep 8, 2025
Muffins anglais au saumon et crème aux herbes · cuisine.journaldesfemmes.frAug 5, 2025
English Muffins · bettycrocker.com
How the dates are read
Each date is the publication date in the recipe page's own structured data. 14 of the 76 recipes have none, or one without a year (such as “December 3”), and are left out.
2 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, 2 of them here). 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.