Bread Maker Pretzel Recipe

I totally stupid question …?
I know that is a stupid question, but I can not seem to understand. I found this recipe for soft cookies in a bread machine (i know its cheating) and it says use a 1/4oz. active yeast, but I have only yeast maker bread and I do not want to exactly 11 1 / 4 teaspoons of it in the way I cut it? It says to use the packages active yeast, but I have none. I have only yeast bread maker, said that the use of 2 1 / 4 teaspoons per 1 oz / 4. rapid rise yeast. Fleischmann Yeast is BreadMachine. It comes in a 4 ounces (113g) bottle.
That sounds like a yeast too much for me. Are you sure that is not an error?
A Baker’s Odyssey: Schwabisch Pretzels Recipe
