diff --git a/cookbook/helper/mdx_urlize.py b/cookbook/helper/mdx_urlize.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7df06430b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbook/helper/mdx_urlize.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+"""A more liberal autolinker
+
+Inspired by Django's urlize function.
+
+Positive examples:
+
+>>> import markdown
+>>> md = markdown.Markdown(extensions=['urlize'])
+
+>>> md.convert('http://example.com/')
+u'<p><a href="http://example.com/">http://example.com/</a></p>'
+
+>>> md.convert('go to http://example.com')
+u'<p>go to <a href="http://example.com">http://example.com</a></p>'
+
+>>> md.convert('example.com')
+u'<p><a href="http://example.com">example.com</a></p>'
+
+>>> md.convert('example.net')
+u'<p><a href="http://example.net">example.net</a></p>'
+
+>>> md.convert('www.example.us')
+u'<p><a href="http://www.example.us">www.example.us</a></p>'
+
+>>> md.convert('(www.example.us/path/?name=val)')
+u'<p>(<a href="http://www.example.us/path/?name=val">www.example.us/path/?name=val</a>)</p>'
+
+>>> md.convert('go to <http://example.com> now!')
+u'<p>go to <a href="http://example.com">http://example.com</a> now!</p>'
+
+Negative examples:
+
+>>> md.convert('del.icio.us')
+u'<p>del.icio.us</p>'
+
+"""
+
+import markdown
+
+# Global Vars
+URLIZE_RE = '(%s)' % '|'.join([
+    r'<(?:f|ht)tps?://[^>]*>',
+    r'\b(?:f|ht)tps?://[^)<>\s]+[^.,)<>\s]',
+    r'\bwww\.[^)<>\s]+[^.,)<>\s]',
+    r'[^(<\s]+\.(?:com|net|org)\b',
+])
+
+class UrlizePattern(markdown.inlinepatterns.Pattern):
+    """ Return a link Element given an autolink (`http://example/com`). """
+    def handleMatch(self, m):
+        url = m.group(2)
+        
+        if url.startswith('<'):
+            url = url[1:-1]
+            
+        text = url
+        
+        if not url.split('://')[0] in ('http','https','ftp'):
+            if '@' in url and not '/' in url:
+                url = 'mailto:' + url
+            else:
+                url = 'http://' + url
+    
+        el = markdown.util.etree.Element("a")
+        el.set('href', url)
+        el.text = markdown.util.AtomicString(text)
+        return el
+
+class UrlizeExtension(markdown.Extension):
+    """ Urlize Extension for Python-Markdown. """
+
+    def extendMarkdown(self, md, md_globals):
+        """ Replace autolink with UrlizePattern """
+        md.inlinePatterns['autolink'] = UrlizePattern(URLIZE_RE, md)
+
+def makeExtension(*args, **kwargs):
+    return UrlizeExtension(*args, **kwargs)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import doctest
+    doctest.testmod()
diff --git a/cookbook/templates/recipe_view.html b/cookbook/templates/recipe_view.html
index eff5a7f13..6467244ec 100644
--- a/cookbook/templates/recipe_view.html
+++ b/cookbook/templates/recipe_view.html
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
 
     <div style="font-size: large">
         {% if recipe.instructions %}
-            {{ recipe.instructions | urlize | markdown | safe }}
+            {{ recipe.instructions | markdown | safe }}
         {% endif %}
     </div>
 
diff --git a/cookbook/templatetags/custom_tags.py b/cookbook/templatetags/custom_tags.py
index e4b3764eb..9f96792a6 100644
--- a/cookbook/templatetags/custom_tags.py
+++ b/cookbook/templatetags/custom_tags.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from bleach_whitelist import markdown_tags, markdown_attrs, all_styles, print_at
 from django.urls import reverse
 
 from cookbook.helper.mdx_attributes import MarkdownFormatExtension
+from cookbook.helper.mdx_urlize import UrlizeExtension
 from cookbook.models import get_model_name
 
 register = template.Library()
@@ -28,5 +29,5 @@ def delete_url(model, pk):
 @register.filter()
 def markdown(value):
     tags = markdown_tags + ['pre', 'table', 'td', 'tr', 'th', 'tbody', 'style', 'thead']
-    parsed_md = md.markdown(value, extensions=['markdown.extensions.fenced_code', 'tables', MarkdownFormatExtension()])
+    parsed_md = md.markdown(value, extensions=['markdown.extensions.fenced_code', 'tables',  UrlizeExtension(), MarkdownFormatExtension()])
     return bleach.clean(parsed_md, tags, markdown_attrs)