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How to Make your Recipe Printable in Blogger

Last Updated on February 10, 2021 by Ellen Christian

Wondering how to make your recipe printable in Blogger? There is no recipe card plugin for Blogger but you can make a recipe page printable.

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I love sharing recipes on my blog and I love visiting other sites and trying new recipes I find there.  I have been wanting to make my recipes printable so that my readers could print them off and try them easily but hadn’t been able to figure out how.  I just found an easy way to make a recipe card for blogger so I am going to share it with you in case you want to try it yourself.  This works on Blogger blogs. I have no idea if it will work on WordPress blogs or not.

How to make your recipe printable in blogger

How to make your recipe printable in Blogger

1.  You have to have a Google account which you should have already if you have a Blogger blog.

2.  Go to Google Sites and log in.

3.  Click on Create New Site. This will open a new page where you can enter your information. It should look like this picture below.

how to make a recipe printable instructions

4.  Leave it on Blank Template.  Where it says Name Your Site, type in your blog name.  Site Location should be a the name of your blog with no spaces like confessionsofanoverworkedmom. Type in the Captcha code and up at the top of the screen click the orange Create button.

5. Now you should see your sites. Your screen should look like this with your site listed.

6.  Click on the link with your site name. Your screen should look like this.

7.   I’m going to show you how to make your recipe printable using my Chocolate Chip Strawberry Pizza recipe as an example. You’ll need to do this for each recipe you want to make printable.

8.  Click the New Page icon in the upper right hand corner. It looks like a sheet of paper with a + on it.

9.  This will bring up the new page. Your screen should look like this:

10. In the box that says Name Your Page, you should put in the name of your recipe.

11.  Click the orange Create button in the upper left hand corner. Your screen should look like this:

12. In the blank box below the title, paste in the text of your recipe from your blog. I don’t generally include photographs because people don’t like to print those and use up a bunch of ink.

13.  Click Create Page. Check to make sure everything is good and then click the blue Save button in the upper right hand corner. At the bottom of the screen is the word Print. Click on that to see the printable version of your recipe.  It should look like this:

14. Copy the URL at the top of the screen and then go back to your blog post that has the recipe in it.

15.  Edit your recipe post and include Printable Recipe (or whatever text you like) and link it to the URL you copied from the last step.  It will result in a post that looks like this:

16.  When they click on the words “printable recipe” they will be brought to the printable site page you created and be able to print it out.

I hope that this makes sense to all of you.  If you have any questions, please leave me a comment and I will do my best to help. You need to do this in every recipe you want to create. It would also work well for crafts!

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129 thoughts on “How to Make your Recipe Printable in Blogger”

  1. HI Ellen,
    Thanks for information, but now it’s totally different can you please guide me to go through this updated version.thanks.

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      • I just found your blog after trying to learn how to post recipies properly. I am wanting to get back into blogging after an extended break (years) due to medical reasons. Do you have any suggestions as to where I can get recipie plug ins /templates? I live this printable idea but my recipes look awful before we even get to print stage!

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        • Hi Naomi – Thanks for stopping by! If you are on Blogger, there really aren’t any plugins there that I am aware of. Most of the people that use plugins are on WordPress. It’s one of the reasons that I switched over years ago. I do believe that there is a free WordPress out there if you want to switch. Other than that I don’t have any suggestions for Blogger. Thanks again!

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  2. Thank you very much for sharing this. I used the instructions to create a printable recipe version on my Blogger site. Cheers!!!

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  5. Thanks for sharing does this method still to work in 2019?

    I cant seem to figure it out and in pages I do not see an option for print as shown in your post above.

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  6. Thank you! I used your way today to post a printable recipe on my blog for the first time! Your instructions made it so easy!!

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  10. Thank you so much for this tutorial! I have wanting to add a printable recipe for the posts and Google led me here.I followed tour step by step procedure and created my first printable recipe! [http://www.seduceyourtastebuds.com/2016/12/eggless-gingerbread-man-cookies-easy.html]Will start for the rest of the posts too.Once again thanks a bunch for the tutorial.

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  11. Fantastic!! The format has changed a little, but I was still able to use your step by step directions. I’m so thrilled by this!

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  14. Thank you for posting this information. Trying to find a recipe card widget for Blogger has been nearly impossible and I’m grateful for this alternative.

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  15. Just wanted to pop over and say THANKS for posting this tutorial!  I hope to move over to WordPress, but this was so helpful now while I’m still on Blogger.  Thanks for sharing!

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  16. I cannot thank you enough for this tutorial!  This is exactly what I was looking for, and I appreciate the ease of your directions.  I look forward to snooping through your blog for other fun tips. Best! Meg

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  18. Thanks so much! You’re instructions were very helpful! I have been trying to figure out how to do this; so grateful for your help. Great blog, by the way. 🙂

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  19. Thank you so very much!!! your directions were wonderful and it worked perfectly!!! thank you a million times Ellen!!! I really appreciate your help and advice as always!!!

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  20. Hi Ellen great post, I have been looking everywhere for this! Just curious, is this is the same method you use on your blog posts?

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    • Hi Caitlin – No. Now that I am on WordPress, I use a plugin called Easy Recipe Plus. I used this method when I was on Blogger.

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  24. thank you thank you thank you! blogger and i have a very bad relationship. i don’t understand him. he doesn’t get me. it’s volatile 🙂 but today…you made it better! xo

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  26. Thank You so much! I don’t post a lot of recipes, but I would like to increase the traffic and user friendliness of the ones I do post. This helped a lot!

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  27. I rarely comment on posts, but I have to chime in with a THANK YOU of my own! Your tutorial was easy to find after a quick search and was the most thorough out of all the options I sorted through. Thank you, thank you! Easy, quick, and worked right the first time!

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  29. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!  I have been trying to figure out a way to link to a printable FOREVER.  I am so grateful for your help!  🙂 –Fran

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  31. Ellen, Thanks so much for this tutorial.  It took me a couple of tries but it finally worked.  I appreciate you sharing your knowledge with those of us who aren’t tech savvy.

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      • It’s me again Ellen.  I have a question for you.  I would like to put free stitchery patterns on my blog but haven’t been able to find a tute for this.  I’m trying to think this through.  If I scan my pattern and use this as my image on my blog then go through your steps to connect it to a printable page this would work….I think….right?  
        I think we are kindred spirits.  I have three boys, 16, 15, 10.  I left teaching when the oldest was born.  I do sub teach occasionally.  We live on six acres complete with a garden, 50 chickens and two goats.  I have been crafty my entire life and have done craft shows for 14 years.  I have an etsy shop and have waited about 15 years to  publish my stitchery patterns.  Now that the kids are older, I have some time. Living with 4 males, I cook a lot, always trying some new fangled dish, often some I make up.   I most certainly am not a tech guru like you, though.  Thanks for your help.

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        • Hi Melanie!  I would think that should work fine.  You’d have to make sure your image was good enough quality to be printable & then they could simply print off the written in structions.

          I love being able to live closer to the land even though there is so much more I would rather do!  I’m far from a tech guru but thank you!

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  32. This post is awesome!! I have searched for some time to make print friendly recipes and it seems as though with blogger that’s impossible until now! Geat stuff, thank you so much 🙂
    Cathy

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  33. Brilliant! Very well explained tutorial! There were a few minor differences, but I think I still got it to work nicely! Thanks!

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  35. Hello Ellen! I am a brand spankin new blogger, and I have tried a few other tutorials about how to do this, and it didn’t make ANY sense! I just made my first printable, thanks to you! I appreciate people like you who really know what they are doing. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise for us novices!

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  40. Hi, thanks so much for posting this! I just used this on my blog and it working perfectly, your instructions were very clear and easy to follow! Thanks again! Great blog btw 🙂

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  41. Hi Ellen. This is the best tutorial so far, but I am having an issue at steps 14 &15. I copy the URL like you say, go to edit my recipe post, paste the new URL in there but i’m not seeign an option to type ‘print this recipe’ or something like that. So currently, if someone clicks on a recipe, they are taken directly to the new site I created for it. Which is fine, but I guess I’d still want them to see the entire post, with pictures and all.

    So, Im just not seeing that option where I can add in ‘printable page’

    Thanks for your help,
    Dana

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    • Just type the word “printable page” in your post like you would any other word you typed & link it to that URL. Then when they click on the link they will see the page to print out. Just like I say here:

      15.  Edit your recipe post and include Printable Recipe (or whatever text you like) and link it to the URL you copied from the last step.  It will result in a post that looks like this:

      If you mean you want them to see your recipe with photos the way it looks on your blog, you cannot do that to the best of my knowledge in Blogger. This is as close as I have managed to come. If you are on WordPress, I would recommend the plugin Easy Recipe which is what I use now.

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  42. Hi Ellen ~ I just wanted to take the time to Thank you for taking the time to write out this wonderful tutorial on how to make your recipes printable on Blogger. I had tried this a while ago from a different website and it was so confusing, my poor blog has just sat in disarray for the longest time. I just stumbled onto your blog and gave your tutorial a whirl and it worked perfect! The pictures were a huge help, not confusing at all!! Now I can finally get my recipes up on my blog and link them for printing! So excited!! Thank you again! Hugs, Cathy

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  43. OK….I’m about 17 years late to the print party, but is this the tutorial you are still using? I love the way your current recipes are formated with a print option etc, but I wanted to see if this is what you use to create your great recipe print options? I noticed a lot of the print options now have a save on them too. Looks like an awesome tutorial and doable. :O)

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    • I transferred to WordPress and the current recipes you see on my site are done with the WordPress Plugin Easy Recipe Plus. This post was done when I was still on Blogger & lets you make your recipes printable but they won’t be in this format.

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      • I’m assuming if you changed to WordPress it was for a reason?  Was the switch easy?  How did you move your content?

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        • WordPress has a lot more options for design and SEO. I did not do it myself. I paid someone technical to transfer me. It happened perfectly.

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  44. I just googled how to do this and your post came up. I love this option on the blogs I visit so am glad there is a way to do this with Blogger! Will be trying this for my next recipe post for sure!

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  45. Thank you so much, Ellen!! I’ve been looking for a way to make my recipes printable and was not having very much luck. This was such a simple process! Thanks again.

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  46. Ellen, thanks so much for the great tutorial! I recently had a comment on my blog, asking for a way to copy the recipes without all the pictures. I’d been wanting to give that option on my posts, but had no idea how to do it. After “googling” the subject, I was directed to your site. It was just what I was looking for.
    Thank you again! By the way, I included a link to your site in my most recent post, notifying my readers of the change that would be coming. Hope you might stop by and visit me too. Have a great day!

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  51. This is EXACTLY what I’ve been searching days for! Thank you so much!!

    I’m new to blogging and trying to figure out how to best format my recipes for viewing on my blog, any suggestions?

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  52. Ellen, I can not say thank you enough!   I just made my very first printable recipe all thanks to you and this awesome step by step tutorial.  Thank you. Thank you.  Thank you.

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  53. Fantastic tutorial. I wanted to upload a picture I created in Powerpoint. I had to save it as a jpg and upload as copying and pasting didn’t work. Thanks so much for this!

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  57. Thank you so much! I have been trying to figure out how to do this for a year now. I even joined a silly recipe site to link to for printable recipes, but then anyone wanting to print the recipes had to join too. This is so much better and easier!

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  62. Ellen, I tried it and found that someone already has the name of my blog, so I didn’t proceed. What do you suggest? Should I just use another name, or add #’s at the end? Does it matter what the name of it is? Any help or suggestions are much appreciated! Thx! Marianne

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    • Marianne – I would probably try some variation of your name. So instead of Passion for Excellence, I might do My Passion for Excellence or A Passion for Excellence. Hope it works for you!

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