Collect Recipes

Collect recipes from family or guests

Send one link. Friends or relatives can add a recipe however they have it — typed out, photographed, saved as a PDF, or pasted from a link. You review the cards before sharing.

One link. Many recipes. Printable cards.

People can submit Text Photos PDFs Recipe links

Good for Family cookbooks Bridal showers Holiday recipes

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A warm shared table with recipe cards, notes, and a phone for gathering recipes

Family Favorites 6x4 printable card

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Sunday Dinner Rolls

Soft rolls for a family table.

Recipe by Card My Recipe

Ingredients

Ingredient	Amount
flour	3 cups
yeast	2 1/4 tsp
warm milk	1 cup
butter	3 tbsp
honey	2 tbsp
salt	1 tsp

Method

1 Stir yeast, warm milk, and honey together until foamy.

2 Mix in flour, salt, and softened butter until a soft dough forms.

3 Knead until smooth and elastic, adding only a dusting of flour.

4 Cover the bowl and let the dough rise until doubled.

5 Shape into rolls and nestle them in a buttered pan.

6 Bake until golden, then brush the tops with melted butter.

How it works

A simple way to gather recipes without chasing formats.

1

Name the collection

Give people a place to send the recipes that would otherwise land in texts, photos, and inboxes.

2

Send the link

Share it in a message, email, invitation, or group thread.

3

Review the cards

Each accepted recipe becomes a clean 6x4 card you can open, edit, print, or share.

Example invite

A short note you can send.

I’m collecting favorite recipes in one place. Please add one here: [collection link]. A typed recipe, photo, PDF, or recipe link all work.

Example collection

A real collection, ready to share.

This is what your collection page can look like once recipes start coming in. Add a cover image, gather recipes from family or friends, and review each one before sharing or printing.

Preview cover for Hollingsworth Family Recipes

Example public page Hollingsworth Family Recipes Favorite family recipes gathered for the next generation.

Grandma June's Buttermilk Biscuits

Passed around at Sunday breakfast.

Recipe by Grandma June

Ingredient	Amount
flour	2 cups
baking powder	1 tbsp
salt	1 tsp
cold butter	6 tbsp
buttermilk	3/4 cup
honey	1 tbsp

1 Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in a wide bowl.

2 Cut in cold butter until the mixture looks like coarse crumbs.

3 Stir in buttermilk and honey just until a soft dough forms.

4 Pat dough into a rectangle and fold it over itself twice.

5 Cut biscuits and place them close together on a baking sheet.

6 Bake until tall and golden, then brush with melted butter.

Grandma June's Buttermilk Biscuits

Sunday Pot Roast

The roast Uncle Mark remembers from winter visits.

Recipe by Uncle Mark

Ingredient	Amount
chuck roast	3 lb
beef stock	2 cups
carrots	4
onion	1
tomato paste	2 tbsp
thyme	2 sprigs

1 Season the roast well and brown it on every side.

2 Cook onion and tomato paste in the pot until deeply fragrant.

3 Add stock, carrots, thyme, and the roast back to the pot.

4 Cover and braise until the meat pulls apart easily.

5 Rest the roast while the cooking juices settle.

6 Slice or shred and spoon warm pan juices over the top.

Sunday Pot Roast

Lemon Icebox Pie

A summer pie from the porch table.

Recipe by Aunt Carol

Ingredient	Amount
graham crust	1
condensed milk	14 oz
lemon juice	1/2 cup
lemon zest	1 tbsp
egg yolks	3
whipped cream	1 cup

1 Whisk condensed milk, lemon juice, zest, and yolks until smooth.

2 Pour filling into the crust and smooth the top.

3 Bake briefly until the center is just set.

4 Chill until cold and firm enough to slice cleanly.

5 Top with whipped cream before serving.

6 Keep leftovers covered in the refrigerator.

Lemon Icebox Pie

Aunt Carol's Cornbread Dressing

Written in the margin of her Thanksgiving notebook.

Recipe by Aunt Carol

Ingredient	Amount
cornbread	8 cups
celery	2 cups
onion	1
broth	3 cups
eggs	2
sage	1 tbsp

1 Crumble cornbread into a large bowl and let it dry slightly.

2 Cook celery and onion in butter until tender.

3 Stir vegetables, sage, broth, and eggs into the cornbread.

4 Spoon into a buttered baking dish without packing it down.

5 Bake until the top is crisp and the center is set.

6 Let rest for ten minutes before serving.

Aunt Carol's Cornbread Dressing

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Questions

Good to know before you send the link.

Do people need accounts to add recipes?

No. Contributors can open the link and submit without signing in.

What can they send?

Typed recipe text, a public recipe URL, or an upload such as a recipe photo or PDF.

Can I review recipes first?

Yes. Recipes are added automatically by default, and you can turn on review before they appear.

Can someone add more than one recipe?

Yes. After submitting, they can add another recipe to the same collection.

What do I get back?

Each recipe becomes a printable Card My Recipe card.

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Start a recipe collection

Send one link and let the recipes come back as cards you can actually use.

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