Snickerdoodles over time
189 of the 215 recipes carry a publication date, from 2009 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
Between snickerdoodle pages dated before 2020 and those dated 2023 or later, the median egg fell from 28% to 22% of the flour weight. Fat, sugar, cream of tartar, leavening and salt show no clear change.
| Per 100 g flour | Before 202069 recipes | 2020 to 202244 recipes | 2023 and later76 recipes |
|---|---|---|---|
| FatNo clear change | 65% | 61% | 61% |
| SugarNo clear change | 90% | 87% | 87% |
| EggLower | 28% | 26% | 22% |
| Cream of tartarNo clear change | 1.4% | 1.4% | 0.9% |
| LeaveningNo clear change | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.7% |
| SaltNo clear change | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.8% |
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 15, 2009
Soft and Chewy Snickerdoodles · kirbiecravings.comJan 8, 2010
Anguria al rum e snickerdoodles · cucchiaio.itFeb 1, 2011
Best Snickerdoodle Cookie Recipe · shugarysweets.comApr 16, 2011
Snickerdoodles · ptitchef.comOct 10, 2011
Pumpkin Snickerdoodles · kirbiecravings.com
Newest dates
Sep 2, 2026
Pumpkin Snickerdoodles · thefirstyearblog.comJul 22, 2026
Snickerdoodle Cherry Cobbler · iambaker.netJun 30, 2026
Snickerdoodle Blossoms · hersheyland.comJun 14, 2026
The New Classic Snickerdoodle Cookie · joythebaker.comMay 15, 2026
Les snickerdoodles biscuits à la cannelle · mesinspirationsculinaires.com
How the dates are read
Each date is the publication date in the recipe page's own structured data. 15 of the 215 recipes have none, or one without a year (such as “December 3”), and are left out.
11 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, 3 of them here), 2016-11-16 on foodnetwork.com (19 pages across Recipe Lab, 2 of them here) and 2018-10-08 on bakerbettie.com (46 pages across Recipe Lab, 2 of them here), and 4 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.