diff --git a/RecipesPipeline/Project.toml b/RecipesPipeline/Project.toml
index 66c01e158..918c2877a 100644
--- a/RecipesPipeline/Project.toml
+++ b/RecipesPipeline/Project.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name = "RecipeUtils"
+name = "RecipePipeline"
 uuid = "01d81517-befc-4cb6-b9ec-a95719d0359c"
 authors = ["Michael Krabbe Borregaard <mkborregaard@snm.ku.dk>"]
 version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/RecipesPipeline/src/RecipeUtils.jl b/RecipesPipeline/src/RecipePipeline.jl
similarity index 58%
rename from RecipesPipeline/src/RecipeUtils.jl
rename to RecipesPipeline/src/RecipePipeline.jl
index ac4d91248..ceda55c57 100644
--- a/RecipesPipeline/src/RecipeUtils.jl
+++ b/RecipesPipeline/src/RecipePipeline.jl
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-module RecipeUtils
+module RecipePipeline
 
 import RecipesBase
+include("pipeline.jl")
 include("process_recipes.jl")
 
 end # module
diff --git a/RecipesPipeline/src/pipeline.jl b/RecipesPipeline/src/pipeline.jl
index 0aae274c8..c89e08542 100644
--- a/RecipesPipeline/src/pipeline.jl
+++ b/RecipesPipeline/src/pipeline.jl
@@ -1,25 +1,56 @@
 ## Stubs
 function _recipe_init!(plt, plotattributes, args) end
 function _recipe_after_user!(plt, plotattributes, args) end
-function _recipe_after_plot!(plt, plotattributes, args) end
-function _recipe_after_series!(plt, plotattributes, args, series_ind) end
+function _recipe_after_plot!(plt, plotattributes, kw_list) end
+function _recipe_before_series!(plt, kw, kw_list) end
 function _recipe_finish!(plt, plotattributes, args) end
+
 ##
 # Here comes the specification of when which recipe is processed.
 # It contains functions before and after every stage for interaction with the plotting package.
 
-function recipe_pipeline!(plt,             # frontend specific representation of a plot
-                         plotattributes,  # current state of recipe keywords
-                         args,            # set of arguments passed by the user
-  )
-  _recipe_init!(plt, plotattributes, args)
-  kw_list = _process_userrecipes(plt, plotattributes, args)
-  _recipe_after_user!(plt, plotattributes, args)
-  kw_list = _process_plotrecipes(plt, plotattributes, args)
-  _recipe_after_plot!(plt, plotattributes, args)
-  for (series_ind, series) in enumerate(series_list)
-    kw_list = _process_seriesrecipe(plt, plotattributes)
-    _recipe_after_series!(plt, plotattributes, series_ind)
-  end
-  _recipe_finish!((plt, plotattributes, args)
+function recipe_pipeline!(plt,              # frontend specific representation of a plot
+                         plotattributes,    # current state of recipe keywords
+                         args;              # set of arguments passed by the user
+                         type_aliases)
+
+    _recipe_init!(plt, plotattributes, args)
+
+    # --------------------------------
+    # "USER RECIPES"
+    # --------------------------------
+
+    kw_list = _process_userrecipes(plt, plotattributes, args)
+    _recipe_after_user!(plt, plotattributes, args)
+
+    # --------------------------------
+    # "PLOT RECIPES"
+    # --------------------------------
+
+    # "plot recipe", which acts like a series type, and is processed before
+    # the plot layout is created, which allows for setting layouts and other plot-wide attributes.
+    # we get inputs which have been fully processed by "user recipes" and "type recipes",
+    # so we can expect standard vectors, surfaces, etc.  No defaults have been set yet.
+    still_to_process = kw_list
+    kw_list = Dict{Symbol,Any}[]
+    while !isempty(still_to_process)
+        next_kw = popfirst!(still_to_process)
+        _process_plotrecipe(plt, next_kw, kw_list, still_to_process; type_aliases=type_aliases)
+    end
+
+    _recipe_after_plot!(plt, plotattributes, kw_list)
+
+    # !!! note: At this point, kw_list is fully decomposed into individual series... one KW per series.          !!!
+    # !!!       The next step is to recursively apply series recipes until the backend supports that series type !!!
+
+    # --------------------------------
+    # "SERIES RECIPES"
+    # --------------------------------
+
+    for kw in kw_list
+        series_attr = _recipe_before_series!(plt, kw, kw_list)
+        kw_list = _process_seriesrecipe(plt, series_attr)
+    end
+
+    _recipe_finish!(plt, plotattributes, args)
 end
diff --git a/RecipesPipeline/src/process_recipes.jl b/RecipesPipeline/src/process_recipes.jl
index 59f4db947..9d51ebb9e 100644
--- a/RecipesPipeline/src/process_recipes.jl
+++ b/RecipesPipeline/src/process_recipes.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 
 _preprocess_args(p, args, s) = args #needs to modify still_to_process
+_process_userrecipe(plt, kw_list, next_series) = nothing
 preprocessArgs!(p) = p
 is_st_supported(st) = true
 finalize_subplot!(plt, att) = nothing
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ end
 
 # this method recursively applies series recipes when the seriestype is not supported
 # natively by the backend
-function _process_seriesrecipe(plt, plotattributes::AbstractDict{Symbol,Any}; _typeAliases::AbstractDict{Symbol,Symbol}=Dict())
+function _process_seriesrecipe(plt, plotattributes::AbstractDict{Symbol,Any}; type_aliases::AbstractDict{Symbol,Symbol})
     #println("process $(typeof(plotattributes))")
     # replace seriestype aliases
     st = Symbol(plotattributes[:seriestype])
diff --git a/RecipesPipeline/test/runtests.jl b/RecipesPipeline/test/runtests.jl
index d62153096..bee6d15f9 100644
--- a/RecipesPipeline/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/RecipesPipeline/test/runtests.jl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-using RecipeUtils
+using RecipePipeline
 using Test
 
-@testset "RecipeUtils.jl" begin
+@testset "RecipePipeline.jl" begin
     # Write your own tests here.
 end