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Nancy2

wrote:
> I'd like to make Japanese pancake sandwiches with red bean filling (aka
> dorayaki), one of my most favorite snacks ever! I've got the pancake
> precursor, I've got the filling... How do I make perfectly uniform
> pancake circles?
>
> I saw ring-shaped egg-poaching/pancake-shaping templates that you put
> in the frying pan, but I wonder if there isn't some other (cheaper)
> alternative to making consistent size circles (and doesn't require me
> to eat 8 cans of tuna fish). How can I masterfully freehand pour the
> exact volume of batter again and again and not buy a needles piece of
> kitchen equipment?
>
> TIA for your thoughts,
>
> June

Okay, June-bug, just bite the bullet and get some food-grade cans and
remove the tops and bottoms. They don't even have to be small cans -
once the bottom of the pancake is browned and you remove the can form
and turn them over, they will keep their shape.

N.