A bannock is a variety of flatbread or quick bread cooked from flour, typically round, which is common in Scotland and other areas in Britain and Ireland.

The Oxford English Dictionary states the term stems from panicium, a Latin word for "baked dough", or from panis, meaning bread.

[3] The original bannocks were heavy, flat cakes of unleavened barley or oatmeal dough formed into a round or oval shape, then cooked on a griddle (or girdle in Scots).

Selkirk bannock from Scotland is well-known and named after the town in the Scottish borders where it is traditionally made.

It is a spongy, buttery variety, sometimes compared to a fruitcake,[11] made from wheat flour and containing a very large quantity of raisins.