Flour Craft Bakery: Cranberry Almond Granola

Flour Craft Bakery’s Cranberry Almond Granola is a perfect blend of sweet, salty, and crunchy goodness.

Owner Heather Hardcastle sells her granola and other treats at the local farmers’ market.

California almonds, dried cranberries, oats, nuts, and seeds all cooked low and slow.

Heather also makes gluten-free baked goods, which will turn any bona fide dessert fanatic into a gluten-free believer.

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The Flour Craft Bakery Story

Heather Hardcastle is the mastermind behind the 100% organic granola at Flour Craft Bakery in San Rafael, CA. A graduate of the Baking and Pastry Program at the Culinary Institute of America in Napa Valley, Heather combines her alchemist-like expertise with a desire for quality “wheat free” or “low gluten” baked goods to “create elegantly organic food using simple and fresh ingredients.”

How Cranberry Almond Granola is Made

Heather’s inspiration came from a lifelong search for the perfect granola. In her experience, the granolas she’d tasted were always “too clumpy, too sweet, too raw, or too nutty.” So, what makes Flour Craft Bakery’s Cranberry Almond Granola so distinctive? Heather slow roasts the oats and nuts in order to develop deep caramel notes. She then adds extra virgin olive oil for a “fruity, slightly grassy flavor” and a big dash of sea salt for “briny-ness”. Try this sweet-savory-salty treat on yogurt, with fresh fruit, or simply by itself.

What We Love

Cranberry Almond Granola

Flour Craft Bakery

Wholesome: With a blend of oats, nuts, dried fruit, maple syrup, flax seeds, and sea salt, you’ll get a nourishing mouthful with each bite.

Thoughtful: Heather’s mission is to provide the highest quality products using the best ingredients. In her own words, “providing food for people is truly an extension of who I am.”

Complex: With so many different flavors all rolled into one product, both sweet-tooth fanatics and salt devotees will enjoy the complexity.

By the Numbers

Cranberry Almond Granola

Flour Craft Bakery

1200: Number of ounces of granola made by Flour Craft Bakery each week.

300: Temperature for baking the perfect granola.

Did You Know?

Cranberry Almond Granola

Flour Craft Bakery

Dr. James Caleb Jackson invented granula at his health sanatorium in New York at the end of the 19th century. Jackson and his followers believed the “bland” oats curbed lustful desires and promoted a healthy lifestyle.

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