Build a recipe the way you like it, with all these defaults and anything else you prefer. If you usually do 12 pounds of grain with ten # base, and two pounds specialty, put it in there. Bittering hops, flavor hops, mash hops, FWH, and finishing hops. (I put them all in, cuz it's easier to delete if not needed.)
While recipe is open in Recipe View, click ACTIONS \ Save Recipe as Default
Then, whenever you click the New Recipe button, you get that recipe again, with all your preferences already filled in. Mash steps, standard ingredients such as Whirlflock, anything you usually do.
Then just adjust the things that change for the new recipe.