Result: 1× Nether Bricks
Nether Bricks is a shaped crafting recipe that uses 4 items: 4 Nether Brick. Place the ingredients exactly in the pattern shown above. The pattern can sit anywhere on the grid as long as its shape stays the same. Because it fits into 2×2 slots, you can craft it directly in your inventory — no crafting table needed.
You need 4 Nether Brick — 4 items in total, arranged as shown in the crafting grid. The recipe gives you 1× Nether Bricks.
No. The recipe fits into 2×2 slots, so you can craft it in your inventory's crafting grid. A crafting table works as well.
It is a shaped recipe: the arrangement matters. You can shift the pattern around the grid, but the shape must stay the same.
Nether Bricks is an ingredient in 4 crafting recipes, for example Nether Brick Fence, Nether Brick Slab and Nether Brick Stairs.