And it's not, not really. It's apple butter and pear butter and pumpkin butter. It's just fruit and sugar (some times) cooked long and soft with fragrant spices until dreamy smooth. What is it, if it's not butter? Homemade. Homegood. "Homemade Heaven" says Susan from Farmgirl Fare.

Here are six recipes for fruit butters -- quick, you'll want to make one of each!

APPLE BUTTER
Andrea Myers ~ Oven-Roasted Apple Sauce and Apple Butter
"The recipe is in two parts, so if you want to just make applesauce, simply stop after Part 1. Both the sauce and the butter start the same way, by tossing apple slices with apple cider, maple syrup, and cinnamon sticks in a large roasting pan, then baking for 30 to 45 minutes. The aroma of the cooking apples is intoxicating ..."

The Confused Homemaker ~ Apple Butter in a Crockpot
"Now for the spices. Spices are magical in Fall if you ask me. I cannot explain it, something about the mix of spices makes me think leaves falling & delicious food warm­ing me from the inside out."

PEAR BUTTER
Farmgirl Fare ~ Homemade Low-Sugar Oven-made Pear Butter
"After going through umpteen pounds of pears ... I came to a couple of conclusions. The first is that pears just might be even more versatile than apples. The second is that homemade pear butter is one of the most wonderful things on the planet. It also happens to be extremely easy to make."

Simply Recipes ~ Pear Butter
"I've seen plenty of recipes for pear butter, but most of them look like apple butter to me, heavily spiced with cinnamon and cloves. Pears are more floral than apples. I wanted to see them with ginger, and nutmeg, and maybe some cardamom."

PUMPKIN BUTTER
Angies Pangies ~ Pumpkin Butter
"Now please don’t go running off and tell apple butter. But most importantly, please do not skip this recipe, it is simply to die for."

Smitten Kitchen ~ Pumpkin Butter
"Pumpkin butter is ridiculously easy to make, taking hours less than its tree-ripened cousin, mostly because you can start with puree from a can."

And you?
And you, what's your favorite fruit butter? Leave a recipe or a link to a recipe in the comments!

BlogHer food editor Alanna Kellogg is all dreamy about her sugar-free, sloooow-baked apple butter recipe.