How to Make a Family Cookbook (2024)

Family Cookbook Ideas - here are a few ways to create a family cookbook to give to your daughter or other family members. This project works nicely with the Kitchen Art from Old Family Recipe Cards project I created a few years ago.

They're both a beautiful way to save and collect family favorite recipes to pass on to the next generation and make GREAT GIFTS!

I gave my daughterthe perfect gift for her bridal shower...a familycookbook filled with all her favorite recipes. MixBook works GREAT with helping you organize your recipes and create a family heirloom to pass on to your family!

Shutterfly Cookbook

This family cookbook was not only easy to put together, it was fast. Which was good because I thought of making this cookbook for Olivia only 2 weeks before her bridal shower. Nothing like waiting for the last minute, right?

I have so many of Olivia's favorite recipes already posted here on my blog, so putting the cookbook together was pretty easy. I wanted to make it personal so I created a Shutterfly Cookbook.

Included in the cookbook are recipes, stories and I added photos of the two of us as Olivia was growing up.

Printable Recipe Binder

Another easy way to create your own family cookbook is to use the Printable Recipe Binder I created.

Keep all your favorite recipes organized with this beautiful printable recipe binder set. The pages can be instantly downloaded and printed at home.

The “Recipe Binder and Family Cookbook” is perfect to give as gifts for bridal showers, weddings or work on it as a family project!

• Meal Category Pages including a section for Holiday Recipes.
• Full Size Recipe Cards/Pages for you to print and add your family's favorite recipes.
• Family History Page - take a little time to write down a special note regarding your family.
• Kitchen Conversion Chart
• Cute Kitchen Art/Printable
• Grocery List
• Meal Planner Printable

Create your Own Family Cookbook

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Shutterfly Recipe Book

Here's the cover of the Shutterfly Cook Book. A collection of recipes shared from Mother to Daughter.

The first page included a special note to Olivia and a few photos of the two of us together.I love the first photo of us together from her third birthday party.

One of her favorite soups, my recipe for Loaded Potato Soup Recipe

Our whole family loves Chicken Cutlet Italian Style and Chicken Cutlet Parmesan.

This recipe is for the Crescent Roll Fruit Tart that I have been making for her birthdayfor years now. Also included is a photo of her Olivia taken on her 5th birthdayand on her 20th birthday.

Her favorite cookie recipe, Peanut Butter Blossoms, made with three types of chocolate candies.

And finally here's a photo of Olivia and I together at the shower.Putting this cookbook together was so much fun and I know it's something Olivia will treasure.

If you'd like to read more about Olivia's bridal shower and wedding, please check out these posts:

• What to Serve for a Bridal Shower Luncheon
• How to Decorate for a Spring Bridal Shower
• How to Create a Bridal Shower Memory Jar
• How to Create a Cookie and Punch Table
• Photos from Our Daughter's Wedding
• A Wedding and a Funeral - yes, this happened to our family.