Dorayaki Japanese Pancakes

Ingredients:

• 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
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• 1 tsp baking soda

• 2 eggs

• 1/2 cup sugar

• 1 Tbsp honey

• 3/4 cup milk

• Anko (sweet red bean paste)

Instructions

1. Mix flour and baking soda in a bowl.

1. In another bowl, whisk eggs, sugar, and honey together. Add milk and mix well.

1. Stir dry ingredients into egg mixture, and whisk until batter becomes smooth.

1. Heat non-stick frying pan with a small amount of oil and wipe excess oil well. At medium low heat, drop 1/8 of a cup of batter onto the pan, like a pancake. Cook about 2 minutes until the surface of the pancake has a lot of bubbles and the edges become dry. Flip over and cook 1 more minute.

1. Transfer to a plate and cover with a wet paper towel.

1. Take one cake and place a heaping tablespoon of Anko and cover with another cake. Wrap it with plastic and press with hands. Pinch to seal the edges of the pancakes together.