I have a prayer request...my sister Sandy is going into hospice in a few hours. She had an OK morning but now they say she has 36 hours of life left. I know only God knows when he's going to take her home but please pray that she has an easy transition leaving this world. My heart is breaking. 😢😢😢 ❤❤❤
Praying for you both as each is dearly loved by God Earth loss is Heavens gain ! Lord we ask for your peace to coke over both these lady's comfort them by your holy spirit as they have great needs that only u can help fill there heart with greater joys now as the day approaches...love n prayers for your dear family!!!
And PS: I love Congo bars. My friend's mother, a friend from college, used to make them all the time I never got sick of them. If she knew I was going there, she would save me some.
I remember making those Congo Bars in Home Ec years ago. I don’t think they even teach Home Ec anymore. 😂 Which is a shame. Wish they taught more life skill classes.
It is thought that Congo bars were either named after the Congo room in Las Vegas or the Congo square in New Orleans. Mmm haven’t made those in years..
Congo bars, some say, were named after the Congo Room in Vegas, where they had thicker, chewier, nuttier chocolate chip cookies. And guess what others say? (They say other things! -ba-dum-bum-CHING!!! ).🥁🥁
Love the jeans! Weren't the chocolate pecan pie bars in the Christmas cookbook? If not that one, which one was the one with all the name beands on the cover? I even looked for that one on Amazon to see if I could get a used one! No luck....😢 (Or did I just describe the same book twice?)🙄😂
Love your outfit and so glad you got those jeans. Never had Congo bars but these sure look good. Happy Early Birthday to Bryant.....the big 5 0....just means he is well seasoned....lol. Nice haul....I need to get busy with my menu for Thanksgiving too. Thanks Leslie....love and blessings to you all.
Prayers for Sandy and you. Life passing is very hard but most important is the hand that leads a child of God home. Those left behind is the hard part my prayers are with both you and Sandy. Comfort and peace for the now time.❤❤❤
Girl you are killing me today. We made a KY sweet cake for trick or treat night and finishing it up today and don’t want anything else like that until thanksgiving where I love pumpkin pie!! I have apples I need to use so I’m gonna chop them up today and freeze for fresh apple cake thanksgiving. THE hot chocolate I can’t do because there is never enough people here to drink it lol my excuse lol With my car down it has kept me out of the stores and I only go when hubby can let me run in. I pray I get it back this week. I miss not going out when I need to. I DO plan to go through my Christmas stuff and sort to what I’m only going to use and see what my oldest daughter needs. Been having a lil thing in my shoulder again.. not like before but the ache that went down my arm from the pinched nerve. Nursing that a little. Excited for your haul!!
Got a prayer request. Could y'all please be prayin for Chad and Rae Doss and their kids, from the "Doss Farms" youtube channel? They lost their home to a fire. Thank y'all for the prayers.❤❤
Leslie, I have been making Congo Bars since the early 1970s. Yes, they are delicious. I do not know the origin of the name. I enjoy your shows so much.
I love that Bright Farms brand of salad from Food Lion. I get it all the time. I usually put avocado and cottage cheese on it. Bell peppers and cucumbers, and (sometimes) tomatoes make a great salad. I don't use any salad dressing, so it is so healthy. Thanks for your video!
My Aunt Irene used to make the Congo bars back in the ‘60s when I was a young girl. She called them Congo Squares. I absolutely loved them and I’ve never seen another recipe for them! One request~the same as I made last year~please put some bells or bows or something around the beautiful deer you have displayed in your home! Can’t wait for Vlogmas and I really enjoy all your videos. Hope you and the family have a Happy Thanksgiving and a wonderful Christmas season as well as a blessed New Year❗️🎄❗️
I've made that hot chocolate recipe several times and it's my absolute favorite. I found it on Facebook and on there it's called "Christmas Eve Creamy Crock Pot Hot Chocolate". It's so wonderful. I hadn't thought about it yet for this year but I definitely need to get the stuff to make it again.
My husband and I got my parents and our children tickets for a cruise with us for Christmas presents. We are going the week of Thanksgiving! It will be the the first cruise for my parents and our Children. Our first on a cruise. LOL.
My fall decorations went up on September 1st. Fall is when I have to go back to school. Mine fall is coming down Saturday and Christmas is going up. I am right there with ya.
How on the world do you cook without getting your beautiful Clothes all Spattered?? Love your recipes and stories about your lives. I Enjoy enjoy enjoy it. ❤
Oh, girl, you need to computerize your farm accounting. Things could be entered as it is ordered, when it arrives, quantity, supplier, etc, etc. reports could be printed out by pressing a button. Inventory kept, everything. Chickens could be computerized, dates, etc. my goodness, girl, get computerized! Come into the current century! Don’t take this as a negative…it’s not meant that way. It is meant as helpful advice.
Awesome video, Leslie! Thank you for sharing this. The hot chocolate and the congo bars look amazing. I’m going to have to make the cocoa very soon. It is freezing up here in Maryland! I love you guys, God bless you all 🤗❤️🙏🏻
Love those cute jeans and the cute top! Looks great! I can tell your excited with the Hobby Lobby haul because you were so bright and bubbly ! The congo bars remind me of chocolate chip cookie or blonde brownies! Thanks Leslie and Lol at you hanging up !
I enjoy your videos. I also stay cold in the cooler weather. Love when you show Food Lion or Lowe's Food....reminds me of home in western North Carolina.
Hey Leslie everything looks yummy cold 20s in Ohio been doing crockpot soups . Looking forward to getting up to 60 Saturday.. this cold puts me in the Christmas mood.. we decided to put our Christmas decorations up earlier this year. Before Thanksgiving.... Love the top and jeans many blessings
It’s hard to rent a cabin in the smokies area here. I mean, I’m sure you CAN… but, goodness! I never realized how many people come up here for thanksgiving and Christmas! I mean, it’s busy all year! However, I always thought it was be slower because I thought people wanted to be home. Nope! They come up here. It’s a fun idea!- just never thought much about it until 11 years ago and watching the increase. You will get to do that, I just know it! I guess my point was (long way around saying it)… you might want to plan it lke you do your summer vacations. Get it 6 mo-1yr in advance. Just a suggestion for this area. I like that sweatshirt. It reminds me of late 70s, early 80s clothes I wore. Loved the styles then. Is been in low 20s the last 2 nights here. Leaves about gone, but a few still hanging n and pretty. My yard is FULL! It’s really been “leading” a lot since it was mowed a week or so ago.
Here’s what I found on the Congo bars online.: Congo Bars or Congo Squares are a popular dessert in the southeastern United States. They are also known as Blond Brownies, or Blondies (as they are made without any cocoa powder). They don’t have anything to do with Africa - the Congo region has no tradition of baked desserts such as brownies and cakes, and wheat (for flour) cannot be grown in Central Africa. In fact, most of Africa has little tradition of sweet desserts. The name Congo Bars is a fanciful allusion to a mythical Congo, which also inspired the famous Congo Room of Las Vegas, and even the Congo Room of Canton, Ohio. Perhaps someone thought that all of the exotic ingredients (the chocolate, the coconut) might come from Africa. In New Orleans, there is a plaza called “Congo Square” (also known as Beauregard Square and now part of Louis Armstrong Park) which, in the early 19th century, was a gathering place for both free and enslaved African-Americans who met for marketing, music-making, and dancing - and eating this variety of brownie? Who knows?
It was 29 degrees in Brewton Alabama this morning. Thank you for the hot chocolate because I was just saying I wanted to make some for our fall festival next weekend
Yay, i get to hang out with Leslie every day for vlogmas. You look amazing in your outfit. The hot chocolate and congo bar looks so delicious! God bless you and your family 🧡
Jeans and sweatshirts my go to favorites. Leslie I also am in the Christmas mood put my tree up two days ago and slowly putting all my Christmas Decoration out. I just love the cold weather here in Texas and it just feels like Christmas
Oh my goodness! There are all kinds of yummy goodness in this video!😋😋😋 Thank you for sharing and I cannot wait to see your Hobby Lobby haul👍🏼 God Bless🙏
Please don't get sick with the drastic change in the weather... Keep warm .... Love the outfit glad you got the jeans.... Our weather will be back to the 80's tomorrow we had two days of cooler temps I loved it.... Paperwork must be done to balance everything especially on the farm... That's a lot of feed for the year... Incredible .... The bars look scrumptious... I would opt out the nuts...lol.... Hot chocolate looks warm and rich very yummy especially homemade.... Thanks for sharing this video with us.... I'll see ya tomorrow for your video.....God bless🙏🙏❤️❤️😃
That hot chocolate and the Congo bars looked absolutely delicious thank you Ms Leslie for sharing with us can’t wait to see your Christmas haul I am so excited can’t wait to see it see ya tomorrow God Loves you so do I🥰👩🏼🍳❄️⛄️❄️⛄️❄️⛄️❄️
I have a prayer request...my sister Sandy is going into hospice in a few hours. She had an OK morning but now they say she has 36 hours of life left. I know only God knows when he's going to take her home but please pray that she has an easy transition leaving this world. My heart is breaking. 😢😢😢 ❤❤❤
Prayers to you and your sister! I pray that she has a pain free transition….God is definitely in control. Hugs
Praying for you both as each is dearly loved by God Earth loss is Heavens gain ! Lord we ask for your peace to coke over both these lady's comfort them by your holy spirit as they have great needs that only u can help fill there heart with greater joys now as the day approaches...love n prayers for your dear family!!!
Praying for your sister and your family during this heartbreaking time.🙏🙏🙏
Take comfort in the promise that you will see her again in heaven. She will have the ultimate healing with a new body and will not be suffering. ❤
Sending prayers 🙏
Congo Bars , a very old recipe that I just to make when I got married over fiftyyears ago, very good treat😊
Your recipes look delicious and you have beautiful skin! 🍁
Both of these look amazing
Looks delicious!
The Congo bars looked a bit like Blonde Brownies! I love them! Cocoa reminds me of childhood cocoa on the stove.
Miss my mama! ❤
And PS: I love Congo bars. My friend's mother, a friend from college, used to make them all the time
I never got sick of them. If she knew I was going there, she would save me some.
I remember making those Congo Bars in Home Ec years ago. I don’t think they even teach Home Ec anymore. 😂 Which is a shame. Wish they taught more life skill classes.
Lol, sweetheart… you kept camera rolling for your desk work 🤣😎
These look GUUUUD!
Chocolate combo bars an d slow cooker hot chocolate yum
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It is thought that Congo bars were either named after the Congo room in Las Vegas or the Congo square in New Orleans. Mmm haven’t made those in years..
Sounds good
Leslie you can make some of the best caramel pies by boiling condensed milk 2 and a half hours they are so good.
I've just hit 1 year of watching your videos. I started watching in November 2022. Great channel!
Love the outfit Leslie
Thanks for sharing those two recipes. Have a blessed day. ❤😊
My Mom made something like Congo bars and they were called chocolate chip brownies
Are you wearing your Democracy jeans? I bought a pair after your stitch fix episode….. I love them! They are my favorite, most comfortable jeans!
My mother-in-law made these all the time, I have not made in years! They are so good!! Thanks for sharing your day with us!!
Congo bars, some say, were named after the Congo Room in Vegas, where they had thicker, chewier, nuttier chocolate chip cookies. And guess what others say? (They say other things! -ba-dum-bum-CHING!!! ).🥁🥁
😂 You're going to hang up now! Chocolate rush👍🥰💞
The name congo bars is in reference to the Congo Room in Las Vegas.
I made the Hot Chocolate last night and it was delicious! Oh also the Chicken Chili. Soooo Good!! I'm really enjoying your channel.
Awesome! Thank you!
Using block cheese is healthier tastier and not time consuming to grate …. Just a thought
Love the jeans! Weren't the chocolate pecan pie bars in the Christmas cookbook? If not that one, which one was the one with all the name beands on the cover? I even looked for that one on Amazon to see if I could get a used one! No luck....😢 (Or did I just describe the same book twice?)🙄😂
Love your outfit and so glad you got those jeans. Never had Congo bars but these sure look good. Happy Early Birthday to Bryant.....the big 5 0....just means he is well seasoned....lol. Nice haul....I need to get busy with my menu for Thanksgiving too. Thanks Leslie....love and blessings to you all.
Prayers for Sandy and you. Life passing is very hard but most important is the hand that leads a child of God home. Those left behind is the hard part my prayers are with both you and Sandy. Comfort and peace for the now time.❤❤❤
Girl you are killing me today. We made a KY sweet cake for trick or treat night and finishing it up today and don’t want anything else like that until thanksgiving where I love pumpkin pie!! I have apples I need to use so I’m gonna chop them up today and freeze for fresh apple cake thanksgiving. THE hot chocolate I can’t do because there is never enough people here to drink it lol my excuse lol
With my car down it has kept me out of the stores and I only go when hubby can let me run in. I pray I get it back this week. I miss not going out when I need to. I DO plan to go through my Christmas stuff and sort to what I’m only going to use and see what my oldest daughter needs. Been having a lil thing in my shoulder again.. not like before but the ache that went down my arm from the pinched nerve. Nursing that a little.
Excited for your haul!!
Got a prayer request. Could y'all please be prayin for Chad and Rae Doss and their kids, from the "Doss Farms" youtube channel? They lost their home to a fire. Thank y'all for the prayers.❤❤
Everything looked so amazing!! ♥️
Cindy Hunt is my sister in law. She still goes to church there I think.
Cindy Hunt lives right across the street from me. She is my dear friend. I live 3 miles from Hoover Grove Church. It’s a small world❤️
I love the jeans and the shirt. You look cute. Today is the anniversary (2nd) of my daughter's going to Heaven. Thanks for sharing the recipes
Leslie, I have been making Congo Bars since the early 1970s. Yes, they are delicious. I do not know the origin of the name. I enjoy your shows so much.
Are the chocolate chips in the crock pot hot chocolate semi sweet or milk chocolate? Thank you!
My mom used to make these when I was a little girl and I am 75 years old. They were called Congo Bars then too.
Going home to Jesus ☝🏼💯❤️🩸
Semi -sweet or milk chocolate chips?
I can't wait to see how you decorate your tree. Everything looked yummy and I think I will be making these in a few weeks. Thanks for sharing.
I love that Bright Farms brand of salad from Food Lion. I get it all the time. I usually put avocado and cottage cheese on it. Bell peppers and cucumbers, and (sometimes) tomatoes make a great salad. I don't use any salad dressing, so it is so healthy.
Thanks for your video!
My Aunt Irene used to make the Congo bars back in the ‘60s when I was a young girl. She called them Congo Squares. I absolutely loved them and I’ve never seen another recipe for them! One request~the same as I made last year~please put some bells or bows or something around the beautiful deer you have displayed in your home! Can’t wait for Vlogmas and I really enjoy all your videos. Hope you and the family have a Happy Thanksgiving and a wonderful Christmas season as well as a blessed New Year❗️🎄❗️
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That looks very good..
Mrs Leslie do you have a link for the mic you use?
I've made that hot chocolate recipe several times and it's my absolute favorite. I found it on Facebook and on there it's called "Christmas Eve Creamy Crock Pot Hot Chocolate". It's so wonderful. I hadn't thought about it yet for this year but I definitely need to get the stuff to make it again.
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It was 17 degrees here in the WV hills last night
My husband and I got my parents and our children tickets for a cruise with us for Christmas presents. We are going the week of Thanksgiving! It will be the the first cruise for my parents and our Children. Our first on a cruise. LOL.
That is awesome!
@@TheFarmingPastorsWife ❤️
It is always a pleasure to spend the day with you, Leslie.
Come sit at my table has a maple custard recipe. I thought of you.
My fall decorations went up on September 1st. Fall is when I have to go back to school. Mine fall is coming down Saturday and Christmas is going up. I am right there with ya.
How on the world do you cook without getting your beautiful
Clothes all
Spattered?? Love your recipes and stories about your lives. I Enjoy enjoy enjoy it. ❤
How come we can't buy t shirts with your slogan. "if the grease is hot enough you can fry anything"
2:05 yaaaay!!! This is my 3rd Vlogmas with y’all!!! ❤️🎄❤️🎄
I made your chicken stew the other day. It was so good and the house smelled very homey and welcoming. Thank you!
Oh, girl, you need to computerize your farm accounting. Things could be entered as it is ordered, when it arrives, quantity, supplier, etc, etc. reports could be printed out by pressing a button. Inventory kept, everything. Chickens could be computerized, dates, etc. my goodness, girl, get computerized! Come into the current century!
Don’t take this as a negative…it’s not meant that way. It is meant as helpful advice.
I absolutely love th a t salad you bought its so fresh and crispy.
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Leisùŕey-i saw Jan creason.on you tube. Yesterday-and today
Awesome video, Leslie! Thank you for sharing this. The hot chocolate and the congo bars look amazing. I’m going to have to make the cocoa very soon. It is freezing up here in Maryland! I love you guys, God bless you all 🤗❤️🙏🏻
Hey Leslie! My hubby has been sick so I made Stovetop Chicken Stew for him today. What a winner👍. Thank you💕
I'm sorry he is sick but I'm glad the chicken stew helped!
I was thinking if you just put the camera back farther, we could see you AND the things you are working on. Please.
You have really helped me with my kitchen adventures. I getting to enjoy it more and more! Thank you so glad I found your channel 😊
Love those cute jeans and the cute top! Looks great! I can tell your excited with the Hobby Lobby haul because you were so bright and bubbly ! The congo bars remind me of chocolate chip cookie or blonde brownies! Thanks Leslie and Lol at you hanging up !
You have such petty cooking bowls and baking dishes 🎉
Vlogmas is my favorite time too😌🙏🏻💕
I enjoy your videos. I also stay cold in the cooler weather. Love when you show Food Lion or Lowe's Food....reminds me of home in western North Carolina.
Hey Leslie everything looks yummy cold 20s in Ohio been doing crockpot soups . Looking forward to getting up to 60 Saturday.. this cold puts me in the Christmas mood.. we decided to put our Christmas decorations up earlier this year. Before Thanksgiving.... Love the top and jeans many blessings
It’s hard to rent a cabin in the smokies area here. I mean, I’m sure you CAN… but, goodness! I never realized how many people come up here for thanksgiving and Christmas! I mean, it’s busy all year! However, I always thought it was be slower because I thought people wanted to be home. Nope! They come up here. It’s a fun idea!- just never thought much about it until 11 years ago and watching the increase. You will get to do that, I just know it! I guess my point was (long way around saying it)… you might want to plan it lke you do your summer vacations. Get it 6 mo-1yr in advance. Just a suggestion for this area.
I like that sweatshirt. It reminds me of late 70s, early 80s clothes I wore. Loved the styles then.
Is been in low 20s the last 2 nights here. Leaves about gone, but a few still hanging n and pretty. My yard is FULL! It’s really been “leading” a lot since it was mowed a week or so ago.
Here’s what I found on the Congo bars online.:
Congo Bars or Congo Squares are a popular dessert in the southeastern United States. They are also known as Blond Brownies, or Blondies (as they are made without any cocoa powder). They don’t have anything to do with Africa - the Congo region has no tradition of baked desserts such as brownies and cakes, and wheat (for flour) cannot be grown in Central Africa. In fact, most of Africa has little tradition of sweet desserts.
The name Congo Bars is a fanciful allusion to a mythical Congo, which also inspired the famous Congo Room of Las Vegas, and even the Congo Room of Canton, Ohio. Perhaps someone thought that all of the exotic ingredients (the chocolate, the coconut) might come from Africa. In New Orleans, there is a plaza called “Congo Square” (also known as Beauregard Square and now part of Louis Armstrong Park) which, in the early 19th century, was a gathering place for both free and enslaved African-Americans who met for marketing, music-making, and dancing - and eating this variety of brownie? Who knows?
Hey there family and friends
So, Leslie, is that Cocoa better than Cozy Coffee??????😊❤
Don’t know why they called those Congo bars, they are the same ingredients as my chocolate chip cookies.
The name came from a place called Congo Square in New Orleans in the19 Century according to Google.
I stopped buying hidden valley..it has bio engineered ingredients in it in!
how come brown sugar moves like lava anyone else ever wonder that?
Work smarter, not harder…… 😂 I’m going to use all my kitchen appliances to make cooking a little easier.
Vlogmas!!! My favorite time of year.
It was 29 degrees in Brewton Alabama this morning. Thank you for the hot chocolate because I was just saying I wanted to make some for our fall festival next weekend
My first Vlogmas. The congo bars look yummy.❤
Chicken poop. Lol
Loving your giggles today. You had me giggling too. Anxious to try these recipes and cant wait to see your hobby lobby haul...Mrs.Steve 😅
Looks Good
Yay, i get to hang out with Leslie every day for vlogmas. You look amazing in your outfit. The hot chocolate and congo bar looks so delicious! God bless you and your family 🧡
I guess it's beginning to feel alot like Christmas in NC! 😊
Church Cookbooks are the best! You would think these would have coconut in them from the name.
Jeans and sweatshirts my go to favorites. Leslie I also am in the Christmas mood put my tree up two days ago and slowly putting all my Christmas Decoration out. I just love the cold weather here in Texas and it just feels like Christmas
On average how many chicks do you lose?
Are your chocolate chips semi sweet? Or milk chocolate? In the Hot chocolate
Semi sweet
Thank you 😀
Oh my goodness! There are all kinds of yummy goodness in this video!😋😋😋
Thank you for sharing and I cannot wait to see your Hobby Lobby haul👍🏼
God Bless🙏
You look pretty in that color ❤lol what else was in that chocolate you trying to hang up on us 😂😂😂
No more chocolate for you😂😂😂 great video !! Love you!
Please don't get sick with the drastic change in the weather... Keep warm .... Love the outfit glad you got the jeans.... Our weather will be back to the 80's tomorrow we had two days of cooler temps I loved it.... Paperwork must be done to balance everything especially on the farm... That's a lot of feed for the year... Incredible .... The bars look scrumptious... I would opt out the nuts...lol.... Hot chocolate looks warm and rich very yummy especially homemade.... Thanks for sharing this video with us.... I'll see ya tomorrow for your video.....God bless🙏🙏❤️❤️😃
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My mother 8n law always made those, but they had caramel sauce over them
I think the cooler colored lipsticks look better on you, like the Plum Baby.
That hot chocolate and the Congo bars looked absolutely delicious thank you Ms Leslie for sharing with us can’t wait to see your Christmas haul I am so excited can’t wait to see it see ya tomorrow God Loves you so do I🥰👩🏼🍳❄️⛄️❄️⛄️❄️⛄️❄️
Remember it’s a cooking show not a Leslie show….so keep the camera turned down…