Free recipe book template
Download our free recipe book template for Microsoft Word and turn your family's recipes into a cookbook. It has a cover, a contents page, section dividers and three recipe layouts, all at 8.5 x 11 in with extra room on the binding edge for a spiral coil.
Recipe book template, 8.5 x 11 in (Word) (DOCX)What's in the template
| Page | Layout |
|---|---|
| Cover | Family name, title, a cover photo and "Recipes collected by" |
| Contents | Chapters with page numbers |
| Section divider | One per chapter: Appetizers, Mains, Desserts and so on |
| Recipe, classic | Name, "From the kitchen of", servings and times, ingredients beside the directions, and a notes area |
| Recipe with photo | A large photo above ingredients and directions |
| Two short recipes | Two recipes on one page, for drinks, sauces and dressings |
| Kitchen notes | Lined pages for notes and new recipes |
Duplicate any layout as many times as you need: right-click the page break, copy the page and paste.
How to make a family cookbook
- Collect recipes. Ask each relative for 2 to 5 favorites, with the story behind them. Scan handwritten cards at 600 dpi to keep the handwriting.
- Sort them into chapters. Six or seven chapters keeps a cookbook easy to use.
- Fill in the template. One recipe per page is easiest to read in the kitchen.
- Add photos. Food photos, old family pictures and the cook who made it famous.
- Number the pages and update the contents.
- Save as PDF and check every page.
Print it as a spiral bound cookbook
A coil-bound cookbook lies flat on the counter and folds back on itself. We print the template as an 8.5 x 11 coil book with up to 48 interior pages, in full color or black and white, from 10 copies.
| Copies | Color cookbook | Black-and-white cookbook |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | $199 ($19.90 each) | $149 ($14.90 each) |
| 25 | $399 ($15.96 each) | $299 ($11.96 each) |
| 50 | $699 ($13.98 each) | $529 ($10.58 each) |
We ship anywhere in the lower 48 states, so every branch of the family can get a copy. See cookbook printing for details, including fundraiser cookbooks for churches and schools.
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Questions
How many recipes fit in a 48-page cookbook?
Does it work in Google Docs?
Why is one margin wider?
Printed and bound in Charlotte, North Carolina, and shipped across the US.