Hello everyone and Happy Derpy Day to all! Today is a very special day because today, after much delay and pondering; I have finnally developed a recipie for the one and only Derpy (A.K.A Ditzy Doo). Before I begin, I do want to say that I wouldn't cover every single little detail of Derpy's history but I will cover some of the most distinctive features of Derpy that is the most signifigent to the fandom. So without further a-do, here is a chefs perspectives of the internet icon known as "Derpy Hooves".

From "Applebuck Season" episode 5, Season 1: When Derpy (on top center) said "Muffins!"

Derpy first appeared in the very first episode of the series as a background pony. At first she was not really recognized until the Fandom started to notice that one of the background pony's had 2 eyes were going in opposite directions. The reason why she was crossed eyed is quite somewhat unknown. Some say that it was an animation error or just one of the many Easter eggs that was hidden through out the series. After the first episode was aired a 4chan user named Dr. Foreigner, noticed the strange looking mare and named her Derpy Hooves.

From "Rainbow Falls" Episode 10, Season 4: (From left to right) Fluttershy, Bulk Bicepts amd Derpy Hooves gasping at the shocking truth.

From that very day, Derpy had became a symbol for the fandoms creativity and the fannon side of the fandom. (If your not sure what "fannon" is, check out the Octavia post down below for more.) She has seen controversy and censorship from veiwers, love and devotion from fans, and recognition from the internet as a symbol for enthusiasm and self-identity. For the actual character herself, she is bubbly, exciteable and always ready to go for any challange for the day that's ahead of her. She is the official Mail Mare of Ponyville (according to the fannon influence from 4chan). She also have a passtion for muffins. She is different from the many other characters, but she is ok being different. This would later on being the philosophy of Derpy Hooves that it is ok to be different. According to Chirstopher Bell from the University of Colorado, Derpy was considered as a symbol for the Brony fandom for being different fromt he other fandoms.The physical character was created by the animators but the personality was collaborated by the fandom itself.

From "Sonic Rainboom", episode 16, Season 1: Derpy just flying by.

The culinary inspiration behind Derpy was more of a direct reference to the episode "Applebucking Day" with the accidental creation of "Baked Bads", muffins that everyone got sick from except for Derpy herself. I originally wanted to recreate the recipie word by word but I didn't really wanted to create soda bread in a muffin form. So then instead, I decided to focus more on the different flavors that create a somewhat "Harmonious Scateredness" compisition to represent her carefree nature. Even though some of the ingredients are unussual for a traditional muffin recipie, it still has the same elements and formula for creating any basic quick bread recipie. This would inspire many different variations and customized your very own Baked Bads to create and share.

Derpy's Baked Bads

Makes 12 medium muffins or 4 giant muffins

Candied Bacon

4 Strips of Thick Cut Bacon

1/3 cup of light brown

Black Pepper to taste

A can of cooking spray

Dry

1 and1/2 cups of all purpose flour

1/2 a cup of Whole Wheat flour

1 Tsp of Baking powder

1/2 cup of Sugar

Wet

2 eggs

1 cup of Milk

Flavorings

1 Tsp of Fig preservatives or fig spread

~1/3-1/2 cup of Crushed Potato Chips

1. Preheat your oven to 375 F. While the oven is preheating, wrap 2 sheet pans with tin foil and add a light coat of cooking spray to the top of one pan and the bottom of another.

2. Coat the bacon in brown surgar in a small bowl season with some pepper. Then add the strips of bacon flat on the sheet pan with the coating on top. Add additional brown surgar on top of the bacon if there is any left over. Once your oven is preheated, put the sheet pan with bacon in first, then put the sheet pan with the non-stick coating on the bottom on top of the first sheet. Bake for about 30-40 minutes.

3. While the Bacon is cooking combine the dry ingredients in one bowl and the wet ingredients In another. Wrap the bowl of wet ingredients with plastic wrap and place inside the fridge until the bacon is done cooking. Wrap the dry ingredients in plastic wrap as well and set aside at room tempreture.

4. Once the bacon is done cooking, carefully take the bacon out of the pan and onto a cutting board. When you remove the bacon from the oven, bring the heat of the oven to 500 F. Wait for the bacon to cool (~2-3 minutes) before cutting. Chop the bacon into bite size peices and place them in a seperate bowl.

5. Remove the plastic wrap from the both the wet and dry bowl and combine into one big bowl. Stir until dough starts to form. Then add the bacon and other Flavorings to the dough and gentle fold them into the batter until incorperated.

6. On a muffin tin or ramikin, spray a light coat in the cups to prevent sticking. Then add the batter to the muffin cups 2/3 the way full, until the batter is completely used.

7. When adding the muffin try to the oven, turn down the ovens heat to 400 F while baking. If you are making the medium sized muffins, bake the muffins for about 16-18 minutes. If you are baking in the ramikins, bake for about 25-28 minutes.

8. Once done, remove the muffins from the oven and let them cool for 15-20 minutes before removing them from the vessels and serve.

To create the kosher vertion of this recipie: Take 6 slices of turkey bacon with 1 Tsp of honey and bake for about 12 minutes at 375 F.

This was a very special recipie that was in months of developing. It took quite a lot of time but I think I made Derpy proud. It's the perfect recipie for any type of meetup or just for something different for breakfast.

I'm sorry if this post was late. This post was made through out the day and I wanted to be perfect. Better late then never. I hope you enjoy National Derpy Day and hoping there are many more in the near future. For now I bid you all a-do.