Farmer's Delight recipe adding not working now (1.21.1, Farmer's Delight 1.3.2)

i am aware of old posts about this, but i seem to be doing something wrong somehow...?

https://www.reddit.com/r/MCreator/comments/136djbi/how_to_make_a_farmer…

https://mcreator.net/forum/119795/i-want-make-farmers-delight-addon-mod

when i create a recipe element, lock it, and write my own recipe in it, it doesnt seem to show up

here's what i put in them:

{
  "type": "farmersdelight:cutting",
  "ingredients": [
    {
      "item": "sals_small_additions:flax"
    }
  ],
  "tool": {
    "tag": "forge:tools/knives"
  },
  "result": [
    {
      "item": "minecraft:string",
      "count": 1
    },
    {
      "item": "minecraft:purple_dye",
      "count": 1
    }
  ]
}

{
 "type": "farmersdelight:cooking",
 "cookingtime": 200,
 "experience": 1.0,
 "ingredients": [
   {
     "item": "minecraft:copper_ingot"
   },
   {
     "item": "minecraft:copper_ingot"
   },
   {
     "item": "create:zinc_ingot"
   }
 ],
 "recipe_book_tab": "drinks",
 "result": {
   "item": "create:brass_ingot"
 }
}