diff --git a/_includes/recipe.njk b/_includes/recipe.njk
index 7c80d1e..e4c379f 100644
--- a/_includes/recipe.njk
+++ b/_includes/recipe.njk
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ pageType: recipe
   <div class="measurement-toggles" style="display: none;"></div>
 
   <div class="recipe-content">
-    {{ content | safe }}
+    {{ content | renderRecipeMarkdown | safe }}
   </div>
 
   {% set recipeTags = page.inputPath | extractTagsFromFile %}
diff --git a/eleventy.config.js b/eleventy.config.js
index ea1f998..65f10ce 100644
--- a/eleventy.config.js
+++ b/eleventy.config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const markdownIt = require("markdown-it");
-const markdownItFootnote = require("markdown-it-footnote");
+const markdownItFootnoteCustom = require('./lib/footnotes/plugin');
 const markdownItMermaid = require('markdown-it-mermaid').default
 const markdownItTaskLists = require('markdown-it-task-lists');
 const markdownItMeasurements = require('./lib/measurements/plugin');
@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@ const isReleased = (post) => {
 }
 
 const sharedPlugins = [
-  markdownItFootnote,
+  markdownItFootnoteCustom,
   markdownItHashtag,
   markdownItMermaid,
   [markdownItTaskLists, { enabled: true, label: true, labelAfter: false }],
   markdownItDetails,
-  markdownItMeasurements,
 ];
 
 const applyPlugins = (md, plugins) => 
@@ -39,19 +38,7 @@ const createMarkdownInstance = (extraPlugins = []) => {
 };
 
 const md = createMarkdownInstance([markdownItStripTrailingHashtags]);
-
-// Customize footnote rendering to remove brackets
-md.renderer.rules.footnote_ref = (tokens, idx, options, env, slf) => {
-  const id = slf.rules.footnote_anchor_name(tokens, idx, options, env, slf);
-  const n = Number(tokens[idx].meta.id + 1).toString();
-  let refid = id;
-
-  if (tokens[idx].meta.subId > 0) {
-    refid += ':' + tokens[idx].meta.subId;
-  }
-
-  return '<sup class="footnote-ref"><a href="#fn' + id + '" id="fnref' + refid + '">' + n + '</a></sup>';
-};
+const recipeMd = createMarkdownInstance([markdownItStripTrailingHashtags, markdownItMeasurements]);
 
 const tagExtractorMd = createMarkdownInstance();
 
@@ -69,6 +56,11 @@ module.exports = (eleventyConfig) => {
     }
   });
 
+  eleventyConfig.addFilter("renderRecipeMarkdown", (content) => {
+    if (!content) return '';
+    return recipeMd.render(content);
+  });
+
   eleventyConfig.setLibrary("md", md);
 
   eleventyConfig.addFilter("dateTimeFormat", (date) => {
diff --git a/lib/footnotes/plugin.js b/lib/footnotes/plugin.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15e078f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/footnotes/plugin.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+const markdownItFootnote = require("markdown-it-footnote");
+
+// Wraps markdown-it-footnote and customizes rendering to remove brackets
+const markdownItFootnoteCustom = (md) => {
+  md.use(markdownItFootnote);
+
+  md.renderer.rules.footnote_ref = (tokens, idx, options, env, slf) => {
+    const id = slf.rules.footnote_anchor_name(tokens, idx, options, env, slf);
+    const n = Number(tokens[idx].meta.id + 1).toString();
+    let refid = id;
+
+    if (tokens[idx].meta.subId > 0) {
+      refid += ':' + tokens[idx].meta.subId;
+    }
+
+    return '<sup class="footnote-ref"><a href="#fn' + id + '" id="fnref' + refid + '">' + n + '</a></sup>';
+  };
+};
+
+module.exports = markdownItFootnoteCustom;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/recipe.njk b/recipe.njk
index 003b165..85d12eb 100644
--- a/recipe.njk
+++ b/recipe.njk
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ eleventyComputed:
   <div class="measurement-toggles" style="display: none;"></div>
 
   <div class="recipe-content">
-    {{ recipe.content | safe }}
+    {{ recipe.content | renderRecipeMarkdown | safe }}
   </div>
 
   {% set recipeTags = recipe.inputPath | extractTagsFromFile %}
diff --git a/recipes/recipes.11tydata.js b/recipes/recipes.11tydata.js
index d0c658d..c82203f 100644
--- a/recipes/recipes.11tydata.js
+++ b/recipes/recipes.11tydata.js
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ const isNewestVersion = (filePath) => {
 module.exports = {
 	layout: "recipe.njk",
 	tags: ["recipe"],
+	templateEngineOverride: "njk",
 	eleventyComputed: {
 		recipeSlug: (data) => {
 			return getSlugFromPath(data.page.inputPath);