By the way, it looks like the original author is aware of the issue because they have posted it in the bug section in nexus.
Seems these bug notes refer to Scales and its crafting file but maybe it's the same here.
Did you try it both with existing and new games?
One user wrote this month:
I think crafting works for me (I'm using the Super Extended Crafting file), but I'm curious how other people thought crafting was broken. Does it not work at all, or is it just for added recipes?