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These free recipe card templates give you Word documents on US Letter and A4: 4 x 6 recipe cards, 3 x 5 recipe cards, a full-page recipe sheet, Christmas cookie recipe cards and a family recipe book cover, in colour and in black and white (the Christmas cards come in colour only). Every template is human-made by a teacher: I’m Patrick Elliott, a teacher and Inclusion Lead, and I designed and built each one myself in Microsoft Word, then printed them to check they line up and fill the page as they should.

In this guide, you’ll find which recipe card to use, how to type a recipe in, and how to print the cards at the right size.

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What’s in the Recipe Card Templates

Paper	Template	Best for
A4	Recipe Cards 4×6	Recipe boxes: two 4 x 6 in cards a page with recipe, from the kitchen of, serves, prep and cook time, ingredients and method
A4	Recipe Cards 3×5	Small recipe boxes and quick recipes: four 3 x 5 in cards a page with recipe, serves, ingredients and method lines
A4	Christmas Cookie Recipe Cards	Christmas baking and cookie swaps: holly 4 x 6 in cards with makes, prep, bake time and oven temperature
A4	Family Recipe Book Cover	The front of a family recipe binder or book: Family Recipes, From the kitchen of and a drawn frame
A4	Full-Page Recipe Sheet	Recipe binders: one recipe a page with ingredients, numbered method steps and notes
US Letter	Recipe Cards 4×6	Recipe boxes: two 4 x 6 in cards a page with recipe, from the kitchen of, serves, prep and cook time, ingredients and directions
US Letter	Recipe Cards 3×5	Small recipe boxes and quick recipes: four 3 x 5 in cards a page with recipe, serves, ingredients and directions lines
US Letter	Christmas Cookie Recipe Cards	Christmas baking and cookie swaps: holly 4 x 6 in cards with makes, prep, bake time and oven temperature
US Letter	Family Recipe Book Cover	The front of a family recipe binder or book: Family Recipes, From the kitchen of and a drawn frame
US Letter	Full-Page Recipe Sheet	Recipe binders: one recipe a page with ingredients, numbered directions and notes

👉 Click any line and type: the recipe name, who it is from, the times, each ingredient and each step.

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What Goes on a Recipe Card?

A good recipe card has the name of the recipe, who it came from, how many it serves, the prep and cook times, the ingredients in one column and the steps in another. These cards are an exact 4 x 6 inches or 3 x 5 inches when printed at 100%, so they fit standard recipe boxes. US Letter files say Directions and A4 files say Method. The holly on the Christmas cookie cards was drawn by Patrick Elliott in PowerPoint, using only shapes.

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Which Recipe Template Should You Use?

• Recipe cards 4 x 6: two a page, the most popular size for recipe boxes.
• Recipe cards 3 x 5: four a page, for short recipes and index card boxes.
• Full-page recipe sheet: one recipe a page with numbered steps and notes, for a binder.
• Christmas cookie recipe cards: 4 x 6 cards with holly, for holiday baking and cookie swaps.
• Family recipe book cover: a cover page for a binder of family recipes. For blank cards, see the index card templates.

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How to Print Recipe Cards at the Right Size

1. Choose your paper size above, download the ZIP and open the cards you want.
2. Click each line and type your recipe, or print the cards blank and write by hand.
3. Print at 100% (Actual size), not Fit to page, on card stock if you have it.
4. Cut along the dashed lines.
5. Store them in a recipe box, or punch holes in the full-page sheets and keep them in a binder.

Card stock lasts longer in the kitchen. For a family recipe book, print the cover and a stack of full-page sheets, and ask relatives to fill one in each.

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Black and White Versions

Every template on this page also comes in a black and white version with the same layout: grey headings and an outlined title, so it prints clearly on any printer and saves ink. In the download box, choose Colour, Black and white or All, then your paper size: A4, US Letter or both.

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How to Print at the Right Size

1. Open the template in Word and press Ctrl + P (Cmd + P on a Mac).
2. Choose the paper size in the file name: A4 for UK and Australian sheets, US Letter for US sheets.
3. Set scaling to 100% or Actual size, not Fit to page.
4. Print one sheet and measure a row with a ruler before you print a class set.

Every sheet keeps a 1/2 inch (12.7 mm) margin on all sides, so nothing is cut off on home inkjets, school laser printers or older printers with a wide edge.

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FAQs

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Conclusion

These recipe cards keep favourite recipes neat and easy to share, human-made by a teacher in Microsoft Word.

Choose your paper size above, download the ZIP, and to plan the week around them, use the meal planner templates.

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