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I saw an old recipe that called for an stp of yeast and salt...all other measurements were standard. What does stp mean?

Pam Bristow
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    Welcome to Seasoned Advice SE. :) Can you include a picture of the ingredients and let us know more about the recipe? I can't figure out if this is referring to 5 tsp or something altogether different. Thank you! – elbrant Feb 06 '19 at 01:58
  • What is the recipe actually for? Bread? – GdD Feb 06 '19 at 08:22

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Could it simply be a typo? -> tsp for teaspoon?

Check if the overall proportions make sense with this, then that's probably what it was ;)

Clepsyd
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stp, though I would usually see it as STP or stbls or something similar to distinguish it more from tsp or typos, in my experience is Short Tablespoon which was a common US term for how much yeast to use in many recipies. It is the amount of yeast in the individual envelopes of yeast, 1/4 oz or about 2 1/4 teaspoons. Most US home cooks learned with dry measuring cups and spoons rather than scales, so short tablespoon was shorthand for "a little less than a tablespoon" and Heaping Tablespoon was "a little more than a tablespoon" or closer to 4 teaspoons. (Or Scant Tablespoon is another wording.)

dlb
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