No worries, after all it makes perfect sense. What you're saying is it listed and prepared the items you could make that were required for the selected item. Then you'd hit the create button for each additional item listed.
Skillet that uses it's own stylized window.
Advanced Tradeskill Window, or ATSW for short, attempts to style itself after the default tradeskill window.
Unfortunately these are no longer updated on WoWI but are available via Curse Client. Both of these should have the feature you're looking for. Not sure about ATSW but I know SKillet also includes a "Shopping List" for any items you can't make using your professions.