Here's a recipe I just made that seems to have turned out swell. I'm just posting it as I did it.. I used hazelnuts because Giant had no pecans. I used clove in the custard because I like it.. but something else could be substituted per preference. I got the pie filling from the food network site... more or less sticking to it except for the pecan thing. The custard is just.. custard. If I'm so inclined, I may end up dumping it into the ice cream maker tomorrow.

Sweet potato pie with holiday custard

oatmeal nut crust:
1 stick of butter
3/4 cup flour
1/2 cup oatmeal
1/2 cup well crushed nuts
2 tablespoons of sugar

cream the butter and all that other stuff and put it into a pie pan and bake it at 350 for about 15 minutes. Then chill it.

pie filling:
Sweet Potato Pie
Recipe courtesy Alton Brown
See this recipe on air Tuesday Nov. 27 at 2:00 AM ET/PT.
Show: Good Eats
Episode: Potato, My Sweet

1 pound 3 ounces sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 1/4 cups plain yogurt
3/4 cup packed, dark brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg
5 egg yolks
Salt
1 (9-inch) deep dish, frozen pie shell
1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
1 tablespoon maple syrup
Special equipment: steamer basket

Put cubed potatoes into steamer basket and place steamer basket into a large pot of simmering water that is no closer than 2 inches from the bottom of basket. Allow to steam for 20 minutes or until the potatoes are fork tender. Mash with potato masher and set aside.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Place sweet potatoes in the bowl of a stand mixer and beat with the paddle attachment. Add yogurt, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, yolks, and salt, to taste, and beat until well combined. Pour this batter into the pie shell and place onto a sheet pan. Sprinkle pecans on top and drizzle with maple syrup.

Bake for 50 to 55 minutes or until the custard reaches 165 to 180 degrees. Remove from oven and cool. Keep refrigerated after cooling.

"Holiday" Custard
1/2 cup plus about 3 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp cornstarch
6 eggs
3 cups milk (I substitute cream for some of the milk to make this extra fatty-fat-fat-delicious)
1-2 tsp vanilla
clove, nutmeg, allspice or cinnamon to taste - (personally i used maybe a teaspoon of ground clove)

Beath the eggs good... combine the sugar and flour and "spice" in a pan and mix together. Add the eggs and mix well. Turn heat on low and stir in milk. Whisk it up yo.
Stir constantly until it gets all thick and shit. Like, when it coats a wooden spoon. If it gets lumpy, whisk it hard.
Once it's all custard-like, turn the heat off and stir in the vanilla. If no one is looking, stick your finger in it and taste some.
Pour into a bowl and let it cool. Then put it in the fridge.