- The crafting books should unlock the recipes they describe when you read the book. I thought this is what they were going to do when I read them, and it was a bit strange when they didn't.
I don't know, I like having to read the recipe and work out how to follow it. I can understand others getting annoyed but to me its kind of satisfying to work out the more cryptic recipes that only hint at the ingredients or outcome. Perhaps move them to the crafting panel but include the flavour text instead of just listing the ingredients, then add the ingredients to the top of the recipe once you've made the potion/item for the first time.