diff --git a/src/main/java/com/redblueflame/herbocraft/HerboCraft.java b/src/main/java/com/redblueflame/herbocraft/HerboCraft.java
index 2a75382..3a370ac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/redblueflame/herbocraft/HerboCraft.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/redblueflame/herbocraft/HerboCraft.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import com.redblueflame.herbocraft.items.TurretSeed;
 import com.redblueflame.herbocraft.items.UpgradeItem;
 import com.redblueflame.herbocraft.items.WateringCanItem;
+import com.redblueflame.herbocraft.utils.PatchouliBookRecipe;
 import com.redblueflame.herbocraft.utils.TurretLooter;
 import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
 import nerdhub.cardinal.components.api.ComponentRegistry;
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@
 import net.minecraft.entity.player.PlayerEntity;
 import net.minecraft.item.*;
 import net.minecraft.network.PacketByteBuf;
+import net.minecraft.recipe.Recipe;
+import net.minecraft.recipe.RecipeType;
 import net.minecraft.resource.ResourceManager;
 import net.minecraft.resource.ResourceType;
 import net.minecraft.server.network.ServerPlayerEntity;
@@ -222,6 +225,9 @@ public void onInitialize() {
                 (syncId, id, player, buf) -> new ReproducerBlockContainer(syncId, buf.readText(), player.inventory, buf.readBlockPos(), player.world));
         ContainerProviderRegistry.INSTANCE.registerFactory(UPGRADER_CONTAINER,
                 (syncId, id, player, buf) -> new UpgraderBlockContainer(syncId, buf.readText(), player.inventory, buf.readBlockPos(), player.world));
+        // Register recipes
+        Registry.register(Registry.RECIPE_SERIALIZER, new Identifier(name, "patchouli_book"), new PatchouliBookRecipe.Serializer());
+
         // region Packets
         ServerSidePacketRegistry.INSTANCE.register(HerboCraftPackets.WATERING_CAN_USAGE_PACKET, (packetContext, packetByteBuf) -> {
             BlockPos pos = packetByteBuf.readBlockPos();
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/redblueflame/herbocraft/utils/PatchouliBookRecipe.java b/src/main/java/com/redblueflame/herbocraft/utils/PatchouliBookRecipe.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3128441
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/redblueflame/herbocraft/utils/PatchouliBookRecipe.java
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+package com.redblueflame.herbocraft.utils;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
+import net.minecraft.inventory.CraftingInventory;
+import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
+import net.minecraft.network.PacketByteBuf;
+import net.minecraft.recipe.Ingredient;
+import net.minecraft.recipe.RecipeSerializer;
+import net.minecraft.recipe.ShapelessRecipe;
+import net.minecraft.util.Identifier;
+import net.minecraft.util.JsonHelper;
+import net.minecraft.util.collection.DefaultedList;
+import vazkii.patchouli.common.item.PatchouliItems;
+
+public class PatchouliBookRecipe extends ShapelessRecipe {
+    private Identifier book;
+    private String group;
+
+    public PatchouliBookRecipe(Identifier id, Identifier book, String group, DefaultedList<Ingredient> input) {
+        super(id, group, new ItemStack(PatchouliItems.book), input);
+        this.book = book;
+        this.group = group;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ItemStack craft(CraftingInventory craftingInventory) {
+        ItemStack ret = super.craft(craftingInventory);
+        ret.getOrCreateTag().putString("patchouli:book", book.toString());
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    public static class Serializer implements RecipeSerializer<PatchouliBookRecipe> {
+        @Override
+        public PatchouliBookRecipe read(Identifier identifier, JsonObject jsonObject) {
+            String string = JsonHelper.getString(jsonObject, "group", "");
+            DefaultedList<Ingredient> defaultedList = getIngredients(JsonHelper.getArray(jsonObject, "ingredients"));
+            if (defaultedList.isEmpty()) {
+                throw new JsonParseException("No ingredients for shapeless recipe");
+            } else if (defaultedList.size() > 9) {
+                throw new JsonParseException("Too many ingredients for shapeless recipe");
+            } else {
+                Identifier bookId = new Identifier(JsonHelper.getString(jsonObject, "book"));
+                return new PatchouliBookRecipe(identifier, bookId, string, defaultedList);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static DefaultedList<Ingredient> getIngredients(JsonArray json) {
+            DefaultedList<Ingredient> defaultedList = DefaultedList.of();
+
+            for(int i = 0; i < json.size(); ++i) {
+                Ingredient ingredient = Ingredient.fromJson(json.get(i));
+                if (!ingredient.isEmpty()) {
+                    defaultedList.add(ingredient);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return defaultedList;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public PatchouliBookRecipe read(Identifier id, PacketByteBuf buf) {
+            String string = buf.readString(32767);
+            int i = buf.readVarInt();
+            DefaultedList<Ingredient> defaultedList = DefaultedList.ofSize(i, Ingredient.EMPTY);
+
+            for(int j = 0; j < defaultedList.size(); ++j) {
+                defaultedList.set(j, Ingredient.fromPacket(buf));
+            }
+
+            Identifier book = buf.readIdentifier();
+            return new PatchouliBookRecipe(id, book, string, defaultedList);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void write(PacketByteBuf buf, PatchouliBookRecipe recipe) {
+            buf.writeString(recipe.group);
+            buf.writeVarInt(recipe.getPreviewInputs().size());
+
+            for (Ingredient ingredient : recipe.getPreviewInputs()) {
+                ingredient.write(buf);
+            }
+
+            buf.writeIdentifier(recipe.book);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/data/herbocraft/recipes/herbo_book.json b/src/main/resources/data/herbocraft/recipes/herbo_book.json
index 1aa8403..5d7aaf8 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/data/herbocraft/recipes/herbo_book.json
+++ b/src/main/resources/data/herbocraft/recipes/herbo_book.json
@@ -1,21 +1,12 @@
 {
-  "type": "minecraft:crafting_shaped",
-  "pattern": [
-    "BS"
-  ],
-  "key": {
-    "B": {
-        "item": "minecraft:book"
+  "type": "herbocraft:patchouli_book",
+  "ingredients": [
+    {
+      "item": "minecraft:book"
     },
-    "S": {
-        "item": "minecraft:wheat_seeds"
+    {
+      "item": "minecraft:wheat_seeds"
     }
-  },
-  "result": {
-    "item": "patchouli:guide_book",
-    "nbt": {
-      "patchouli:book": "herbocraft:main-book"
-    },
-    "count": 1
-  }
+  ],
+  "book": "herbocraft:main-book"
 }
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