Make a cookbook from your Paprika recipes

Your Paprika library already holds the recipes you cook. Open its export in RecipePrinter, sort the recipes into chapters, add a cover, and download a print-ready cookbook for your kitchen, your family, or a gift.

A finished spiral-bound cookbook open to a recipe page beside a full-page photo of the dish.

How to turn Paprika recipes into a cookbook

  1. 1

    Export from Paprika

    In Paprika, open Settings → Export Recipes, choose the Paprika Recipe Format, and export your whole library or just the recipes you want in the book.

  2. 2

    Open the export in your cookbook

    Start a cookbook, choose Add recipes, then Recipe apps and Paprika, and pick the .paprikarecipes file. It's read in your browser.

  3. 3

    Choose recipes and build chapters

    Tick the recipes you want, then name your chapters, put them in order, and move recipes between them until the book follows the way you cook.

  4. 4

    Add a cover and download the PDF

    Pick a theme, set the cover title and photo, look over every page, then download the cookbook to print at home or send to a print shop.

Your Paprika recipes come in ready to edit

RecipePrinter reads the title, ingredients, instructions, prep and cook time, servings, source, and notes from your Paprika export, so nothing gets retyped. A recipe with a photo in Paprika brings it along, and the photo appears in your cookbook.

Every recipe stays editable once it's in the book, so you can tidy a title or add a line about who made it before anything is printed.

A Paprika recipe export opened in RecipePrinter, with its recipes listed and ready to tick and add to a cookbook.

Sort a big library into chapters

A Paprika library can hold hundreds of recipes, and a cookbook reads better with a shape. Make chapters by course, by season, or by the person each recipe came from, and move recipes between them whenever you like.

The table of contents and page numbers follow every change. You don't need the whole library either: pick the recipes worth keeping and leave the rest in Paprika.

Organizing a cookbook into chapters by person, such as Aunt Wendy's Recipes and Grandma's Recipes, with a chapter opener page beside the list.

A cover, a theme, and pages that match

Give the book a title and a cover photo, choose from more than a dozen themes, and add a dedication at the front. The theme carries through the cover, the chapter openers, and every recipe page.

Recipes you saved to Paprika from a dozen different websites end up looking like one book.

A printed spiral-bound cookbook cover titled Our Family Cookbook, with a grid of home-cooked dishes.

For a family cookbook, your own shelf, or a gift

Keep a printed copy of the recipes you've collected in Paprika in the kitchen, gather your family's favorites into one book, or give a cookbook to the person who's always asking for your recipes.

A printed, spiral-bound cookbook open to its dedication page: "For the ones who taught us to cook, and who made every table feel like home."

Build and preview free, pay $19.99 once to download

Building and previewing your cookbook is free with up to 10 recipes. Pay $19.99 once for that cookbook to download the PDF or add more than 10 recipes, and download updated copies anytime at no extra cost.

Download US Letter for a home printer, or files for a spiral-bound or hardcover book from a print service, with a cover file sized to your book's spine.

A free RecipePrinter account is needed to download. RecipePrinter Pro isn't required.

The Print your cookbook dialog set up for Lulu: two files, the pages and the cover, with a choice of hardcover or spiral binding and standard or edge-to-edge photos.

“I’ve been working on making a cookbook in Canva for 10 months, and was able to do it on RecipePrinter in less than a week!”

Lacey

Questions about making a cookbook from Paprika

How do I make a cookbook from my Paprika recipes?

Export your recipes from Paprika, start a cookbook in RecipePrinter, and open the export from Add recipes → Recipe apps → Paprika. Choose the recipes you want, sort them into chapters, add a cover, and download the PDF.

What file do I need from Paprika?

The .paprikarecipes file Paprika saves when you choose Export Recipes with the Paprika Recipe Format. It holds your recipes and their photos.

Do my Paprika photos come with the recipes?

Yes. A recipe that has a photo in Paprika brings it along, and the photo shows in your cookbook. You can change or remove it in the book.

Do I have to put my whole Paprika library in the book?

No. Choose only the recipes you want after you open the export. You can add more later, and the contents page and page numbers update as you go.

How much does it cost?

Building and previewing is free with up to 10 recipes. You pay $19.99 once per cookbook to download the PDF or add more than 10 recipes. Printing and binding are separate.

Do I need RecipePrinter Pro?

No. A cookbook is its own one-time purchase. Pro covers other RecipePrinter features and doesn't include cookbook downloads.

Does RecipePrinter print and ship the book?

No. RecipePrinter makes the cookbook PDF. Print it at home, or send it to a print service for spiral binding or a hardcover.How to print a cookbook

Can I print single Paprika recipes instead of a book?

Yes. Open the same export to print any recipe as a full page for free, or several as 4×6 recipe cards with Pro.Print Paprika recipes
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