A regular stick is always a half cup, or four ounces. Does the stick look extra big?
I would go with the "one stick" direction, and assume the eight ounces was a typo. Two sticks seems like a lot.
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Amy - Dec 14, 2008 4:39:14 pm PST #6133 of 10002
Because books.
Jesse - Dec 14, 2008 4:39:18 pm PST #6134 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
A stick would be four ounces by logic -- the box is a pound, and it has four sticks, right? 16 oz in a lb, 16/4=4.
sarameg - Dec 14, 2008 4:41:07 pm PST #6135 of 10002
Super buttery brownies at ita's!
Hil R. - Dec 14, 2008 4:42:26 pm PST #6136 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
If the recipe isn't American, though, it'll be different. European butter comes in different sizes.
dcp - Dec 14, 2008 4:48:59 pm PST #6137 of 10002
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
ita, I'd say the typo is more likely to be in the recipe than on the butter. Standard US packaging is 4 oz. per stick.
The brownie recipe I like uses 4 oz. melted butter per batch, one batch per 8"x8"x2" pan, and they are very rich.
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§ ita § - Dec 14, 2008 5:08:31 pm PST #6138 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I hate to assume that Cook's Illustrated ever makes a mistake, so maybe more fool me. We shall see in about an hour.
sarameg - Dec 14, 2008 5:11:03 pm PST #6139 of 10002
Well, even if they were wrong, it just mean super gooey brownies, right? Or double volume. Either way, it is still brownies. Spoon or extra.
Liese S. - Dec 14, 2008 5:18:25 pm PST #6140 of 10002
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Now I'm craving brownies. I have cocoa. I have butter. Who better than me?
§ ita § - Dec 14, 2008 5:20:11 pm PST #6141 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There's cream cheese in mine.
msbelle - Dec 14, 2008 5:22:18 pm PST #6142 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
baking word problem:
each section of dough yields two trays of cookies. each tray holds 12-14 cookies. It takes me 5 minutes to roll out and cut the dough and 7 minutes for each tray to bake. If I have 1.5 sections of dough left, how long before I'm done?