diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/inventory/ShapelessRecipe.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/inventory/ShapelessRecipe.java
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package org.bukkit.inventory;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang.Validate;
 
 import org.bukkit.Material;
 import org.bukkit.material.MaterialData;
@@ -11,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 public class ShapelessRecipe implements Recipe {
     private ItemStack output;
-    private ArrayList<MaterialData> ingredients = new ArrayList<MaterialData>();
+    private List<ItemStack> ingredients = new ArrayList<ItemStack>();
 
     /**
      * Create a shapeless recipe to craft the specified ItemStack. The constructor merely determines the
@@ -20,9 +24,13 @@ public class ShapelessRecipe implements Recipe {
      * @param result The item you want the recipe to create.
      * @see ShapelessRecipe#addIngredient(Material)
      * @see ShapelessRecipe#addIngredient(MaterialData)
+     * @see ShapelessRecipe#addIngredient(Material,int)
+     * @see ShapelessRecipe#addIngredient(int,Material)
+     * @see ShapelessRecipe#addIngredient(int,MaterialData)
+     * @see ShapelessRecipe#addIngredient(int,Material,int)
      */
     public ShapelessRecipe(ItemStack result) {
-        this.output = result;
+        this.output = new ItemStack(result);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -49,7 +57,7 @@ public ShapelessRecipe addIngredient(Material ingredient) {
      * Adds the specified ingredient.
      *
      * @param ingredient The ingredient to add.
-     * @param rawdata The data value.
+     * @param rawdata The data value, or -1 to allow any data value.
      * @return The changed recipe, so you can chain calls.
      */
     public ShapelessRecipe addIngredient(Material ingredient, int rawdata) {
@@ -64,13 +72,7 @@ public ShapelessRecipe addIngredient(Material ingredient, int rawdata) {
      * @return The changed recipe, so you can chain calls.
      */
     public ShapelessRecipe addIngredient(int count, MaterialData ingredient) {
-        if (ingredients.size() + count > 9) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Shapeless recipes cannot have more than 9 ingredients");
-        }
-        while (count-- > 0) {
-            ingredients.add(ingredient);
-        }
-        return this;
+        return addIngredient(count, ingredient.getItemType(), ingredient.getData());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -89,27 +91,100 @@ public ShapelessRecipe addIngredient(int count, Material ingredient) {
      *
      * @param count How many to add (can't be more than 9!)
      * @param ingredient The ingredient to add.
-     * @param rawdata The data value.
+     * @param rawdata The data value, or -1 to allow any data value.
      * @return The changed recipe, so you can chain calls.
      */
     public ShapelessRecipe addIngredient(int count, Material ingredient, int rawdata) {
-        MaterialData data = ingredient.getNewData((byte) rawdata);
+        Validate.isTrue(ingredients.size() + count <= 9, "Shapeless recipes cannot have more than 9 ingredients");
 
-        if (data == null) {
-            data = new MaterialData(ingredient, (byte) rawdata);
+        while (count-- > 0) {
+            ingredients.add(new ItemStack(ingredient, 1, (short) rawdata));
         }
-        return addIngredient(count, data);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Removes an ingredient from the list. If the ingredient occurs multiple times,
+     * only one instance of it is removed. Only removes exact matches, with a data value
+     * of 0.
+     *
+     * @param ingredient The ingredient to remove
+     * @return The changed recipe.
+     */
+    public ShapelessRecipe removeIngredient(Material ingredient) {
+        return removeIngredient(ingredient, 0);
     }
 
     /**
      * Removes an ingredient from the list. If the ingredient occurs multiple times,
-     * only one instance of it is removed.
+     * only one instance of it is removed. If the data value is -1, only ingredients
+     * with a -1 data value will be removed.
      *
      * @param ingredient The ingredient to remove
      * @return The changed recipe.
      */
     public ShapelessRecipe removeIngredient(MaterialData ingredient) {
-        this.ingredients.remove(ingredient);
+        return removeIngredient(ingredient.getItemType(), ingredient.getData());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Removes multiple instances of an ingredient from the list. If there are less instances
+     * then specified, all will be removed. Only removes exact matches, with a data value
+     * of 0.
+     *
+     * @param count The number of copies to remove.
+     * @param ingredient The ingredient to remove
+     * @return The changed recipe.
+     */
+    public ShapelessRecipe removeIngredient(int count, Material ingredient) {
+        return removeIngredient(count, ingredient, 0);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Removes multiple instances of an ingredient from the list. If there are less instances
+     * then specified, all will be removed. If the data value is -1, only ingredients
+     * with a -1 data value will be removed.
+     *
+     * @param count The number of copies to remove.
+     * @param ingredient The ingredient to remove.
+     * @return The changed recipe.
+     */
+    public ShapelessRecipe removeIngredient(int count, MaterialData ingredient) {
+        return removeIngredient(count, ingredient.getItemType(), ingredient.getData());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Removes an ingredient from the list. If the ingredient occurs multiple times,
+     * only one instance of it is removed. If the data value is -1, only ingredients
+     * with a -1 data value will be removed.
+     *
+     * @param ingredient The ingredient to remove
+     * @param rawdata The data value;
+     * @return The changed recipe.
+     */
+    public ShapelessRecipe removeIngredient(Material ingredient, int rawdata) {
+        return removeIngredient(1, ingredient, rawdata);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Removes multiple instances of an ingredient from the list. If there are less instances
+     * then specified, all will be removed. If the data value is -1, only ingredients
+     * with a -1 data value will be removed.
+     *
+     * @param count The number of copies to remove.
+     * @param ingredient The ingredient to remove.
+     * @param rawdata The data value.
+     * @return The changed recipe.
+     */
+    public ShapelessRecipe removeIngredient(int count, Material ingredient, int rawdata) {
+        Iterator<ItemStack> iterator = ingredients.iterator();
+        while (count > 0 && iterator.hasNext()) {
+            ItemStack stack = iterator.next();
+            if (stack.getType() == ingredient && stack.getDurability() == rawdata) {
+                iterator.remove();
+                count--;
+            }
+        }
         return this;
     }
 
@@ -119,15 +194,19 @@ public ShapelessRecipe removeIngredient(MaterialData ingredient) {
      * @return The result stack.
      */
     public ItemStack getResult() {
-        return output;
+        return output.clone();
     }
 
     /**
      * Get the list of ingredients used for this recipe.
      *
      * @return The input list
      */
-    public ArrayList<MaterialData> getIngredientList() {
-        return ingredients;
+    public List<ItemStack> getIngredientList() {
+        ArrayList<ItemStack> result = new ArrayList<ItemStack>(ingredients.size());
+        for (ItemStack ingredient : ingredients) {
+            result.add(ingredient.clone());
+        }
+        return result;
     }
 }