Waffles over time
370 of the 455 recipes carry a publication date, from 2003 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 4 pages from before 2007. Shading marks the periods compared below.
How the typical batch changed
No ingredient shows a clear change between waffle pages dated before 2017 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 201793 recipes | 2017 to 202080 recipes | 2021 to 2023105 recipes | 2024 and later92 recipes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LiquidNo clear change | 149% | 154% | 155% | 146% |
| EggNo clear change | 40% | 40% | 43% | 40% |
| FatNo clear change | 32% | 29% | 33% | 30% |
| SugarNo clear change | 16% | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| LeaveningNo clear change | 3.7% | 4.6% | 4.4% | 4% |
| SaltNo clear change | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 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
Feb 24, 2003
Bergische Waffeln · oetker.deMar 20, 2003
Bacon Buttermilk Waffles · bettycrocker.comApr 23, 2003
Gaufres légères : la meilleure recette · marmiton.orgOct 3, 2006
Waffles · tudogostoso.com.brJun 7, 2007
Gaufres Gisèle : la meilleure recette · marmiton.org
Newest dates
Sep 2, 2026
Bananenwaffeln ohne Zucker · emmikochteinfach.deAug 29, 2026
Waffle Recipe · spendwithpennies.comAug 11, 2026
Gaufres au sarrasin croustillantes et moelleuses · amourdecuisine.frAug 3, 2026
Apfelwaffeln · oetker.deJul 31, 2026
Crispy Belgian Yeast Waffles Recipe (Waffles Recipe with Yeast) · yummytummyaarthi.com
How the dates are read
Each date is the publication date in the recipe page's own structured data. 69 of the 455 recipes have none, or one without a year (such as “December 3”), and are left out.
16 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, 6 of them here), 2006-10-23 on marmiton.org (74 pages across Recipe Lab, 3 of them here) and 2022-07-22 on recetasnestle.com.mx (7 pages across Recipe Lab, 3 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.