[header] How to copyright a recipe [title] Consider copyright for the easiest form of basic protection. [step] This method is what may be the easiest and least expensive. What can, or cannot, be copyrighted? How would someone route through the maze of what can or must be done? Relax, it's easy. 
[substeps] " copyright law does not protect recipes that are mere listings of ingredients. Nor does it protect other mere listings of ingredients such as those found in formulas, compounds, or prescriptions.