Simnel share ’n’ tear buns recipe | Good Food

Ingredients

• 300g strong white bread flour
• 140g plain flour plus extra for dusting
• 50g golden caster sugar
• 7g sachet fast-action dried yeast
• zest 1 lemon
• 200ml warm milk
• 2 tsp almond extract
• 1 large egg
• oil for greasing bowl/proving
• 50g butter at room temperature
• 100g light soft brown sugar
• 2 tsp mixed spice
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 50g mixed peel
• 50g currants
• 50g marzipan coarsely grated, plus 50g/2oz extra for the ‘Apostle’ balls
• 85g apricot jam
• 85g icing sugar sifted
• 2 tbsp toasted flaked almonds