I cant give a specific recipe but there would be loads on the net for sweet potato pie, which beats the cr@p out of pumpkin in my opinion, any day of the week. You basically need sweet yams, sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla, nutmeg and a good crust. The shortcuts are: canned yams, which eliminates removing "string" and also cooking them down; ready-made crust. You can also forgo the crust and make "pudding" instead which is just the filling and can be poured in any size-shape baking pan (well sprayed with cooking spray). My secret is to whip the daylights out of the ingredients with a good hand or stand mixer 'til it has the texture almost of whipped cream. By doing so it bakes like a souffle and has a gorgeous caramalised skin, perfect fixed in muffin pans for individual snacks.

A guideline for starting out is:

*1 40 oz. can of yams

*1 stick butter

*3-6 eggs (depending on size)

*At least 1 cup of sugar

 A bit of cream wouldnt hurt. Be willing to experiment! Be sure to cover the edges of your pie crust with foil once it's reached perfect goldness to prevent burning. Be sure to do a practice run of any of these recipes well in advance to fine tune everything so there wont be any ugly surprises. Good luck whatever you decide. And Happy Thanksgiving in advance.