Dang,you must be thinking of a whole different recipe than I use. Boil your potatoes whole with skin on until soft. skin 'em, cut into mouth sized pieces, add butter, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla and brown sugar. Add some of the potato cooking water to your mixture so it wont dry out in the oven. Then add your crust mixture and bake.
I agree about the pumpkin. Good for bird houses as far as I am concerned.