Easiest way to make stone bricks in minecraft?

stonecutter's handy here. stone goes in, stone bricks come out one for one, and you can cut straight to brick stairs and slabs without crafting the bricks first. wanted the other looks? smelt stone bricks for cracked, add a vine or moss for mossy.

smelt the cobble into stone first. then four stone in a two by two gives four stone bricks. raw cobblestone in the grid gives you nothing at all, which is where it falls over near the end.