recipe vs shortcut

recipe

noun
  • Now especially, a set of instructions for making or preparing food dishes. 

  • Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients. 

  • A set of conditions and parameters of an industrial process to obtain a given result. 

  • By extension, a plan or procedure to obtain a given end result; a prescription. 

shortcut

noun
  • A method to accomplish something that omits one or more steps. 

  • A keyboard shortcut: a combination of keystrokes that provides easier access to a command or operation. 

  • A path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths. 

  • A file that points to the location of another file and serves as a quick way to access it. 

verb
  • To take or use a shortcut 

How often have the words recipe and shortcut occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )