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+---
+author: Jacques Pepin
+foodname: Banans Nut Sweetbreads
+prelim:
+    - Begin by preheating the oven to 350 $^o$F
+    - allow nuts to reach room temp
+    - allow eggs to reaach room temp
+    - allow butter to reach room temp
+ingredient: 
+    - 1/2 cup unsalted butter (room temp)
+    - 1 cup sugar
+    - 3 large eggs room temp
+    - 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
+    - 1 teaspoon baking soda
+    - 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
+    - 1 teaspoon salt
+    - 1 cup of banana (mashed in)
+    - 1/2 cup of sour cream
+    - 1/2 cup walnuts or pecans
+    - 1 teaspoon vanilla
+    - 1/2 small brain
+---
+
+
+In a large bowl, mix together cream, butter, and sugar at medium speed. Add in eggs one at a time until well incorporated. Add in brains 1 lobe at a time and beat vigorously.
+\medskip
+
+In two sperate bowls, sift, and then mix the remaining  dry ingredients in one bowl, and all the remaining wet ingredients into the other. 
+\medskip
+Begin mixing contents from dry and wet bowls into the butter and sugar mixture. Make sure to alternate starting with contents from the bowl containing dry ingredients. Do not over-mix. Fold in nuts. 
+
+\medskip
+ 
+Place dough in a buttered, 9x5 loaf pan and bake for 1-1.25 hours. 
+
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+#!/bin/bash
+pandoc -s --template="recipe.tex" -o banans.md.pdf banans.md
+# adapt to process each markdown file into a standalone pdf recipe page by using $1 in script, and find to run script on each?
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+% Template from https://www.sharelatex.com/templates/other/recipe
+% Adapted for use with Pandoc by biglysmalls (somewhere in the tildeverse)
+% for inclusion into: https://tildegit.org/biglysmalls/TildePublishingUnlimited
+%
+% Neither the arranger, nor the tildeverse claims ownership over this template nor the
+% example recipe included here.
+% This template is provided as an instructive example and comes with no warranty whatsoever.
+%
+
+\documentclass{article}
+\usepackage{fancyhdr} % Required for custom headers
+\usepackage{lastpage} % Required to determine the last page for the footer
+\usepackage{extramarks} % Required for headers and footers
+\usepackage{graphicx} % Required to insert images
+%\usepackage{lipsum} % Used for inserting dummy 'Lorem ipsum' text into the template
+\usepackage{amsmath}
+%\usepackage{amsfont}
+%\usepackage{amssymb}
+
+\usepackage{multicol}
+% Margins
+\topmargin=-0.5in
+\evensidemargin=0in
+\oddsidemargin=-0.5in
+\textwidth=7.5in
+\textheight=9.0in
+\headsep=0.25in 
+
+
+\pagestyle{fancy}
+
+\rhead{$author$} % Top right header
+\lhead{$foodname$}
+\chead{ }
+%\title{}
+
+\begin{document}% see the YAML block at the head of the markdown recipe file. Note the text for preheating the oven. For Centigrade, replace the F with C.
+PRELIMINARIES:
+
+$if(prelim)$\begin{itemize}
+        $for(prelim)$
+    \item $prelim$\\$sep$
+        $endfor$
+\end{itemize}
+        $endif$
+
+\bigskip
+
+\bigskip
+
+\begin{multicols}{2}
+    Ingredients% Ingredient amounts given in Imperial measurements for this example. Metric system measurements can be entered in the yaml block just as well.
+
+$if(ingredient)$
+\begin{itemize}
+$for(ingredient)$
+\item $ingredient$\\$sep$
+$endfor$%
+
+\end{itemize}
+$endif$
+
+\columnbreak
+Procedure
+
+
+$body$
+
+
+\end{multicols}
+
+
+
+%I suppose pictures could go here
+
+
+\end{document}