When I discovered Poorhouse Pies, I knew moving to Vermont was the right decision. I couldn’t figure out which I loved more — the pies themselves or the experience of buying them on the honor system. Stopping on a quiet road in Underhill, where the bakers kept their rustic self-serve shed, I and other customers dropped cash in a locked box and selected from about a dozen fillings. When Poorhouse’s owners sold the business last November, I panicked. As it turns out, Poorhouse’s homespun distribution method lives on, albeit in a newly built vestibule of the bakery’s new quarters. Meanwhile, another pie shed has popped up in Grand Isle, where DonnaSue Bakes+Cooks gives locals and tourists a place to feed their cravings with pastries, along with a dollop of Vermont goodwill. A third newcomer to the pie scene, Isabelle Mae’s Pie Emporium, can be found at the Winooski Farmers Market. Specializing in seasonal fruit varieties, the business sells five-inch pies — ideal for singles or couples — with full-size versions available by preorder. All of these bakers have forgone the traditional storefront and pastry case to forge a closer bond with their customers. Of all desserts, they said, pie comes most from a place of love, evoking a connection to the comforts of home and family. I visited the three bakers for pie to soothe my soul, as well as placate my palate. Humble Pie DonnaSue Bakes+Cooks, 291 Route 2, Grand Isle, @donnasuebakesandcooks on Facebook The shed in front of DonnaSue Shaw’s home says it all in large, square-framed letters: P.I.E. If that doesn’t make a lover of sweets hit the brakes, nothing will. Inside the shed, which once housed chickens and geese, Shaw keeps her tiny shop well stocked with cookies, brownies and her signature GoTo granola bars. On the day I visited, it also offered chocolate chip pumpkin bread, whoopie pies, carrot cake cookies sandwiched around cream cheese filling, and chocolate cream and apple pies. A freezer holds sweet and savory pies for customers to bake at home. Pies cost $15, and visitors are encouraged to write their names and purchases on a clipboard. Cash goes into a red birdhouse on the wall; underneath, credit card users find the QR code for the baker’s Venmo account. Under a mason jar, a small pile of $1 and $5 bills facilitates making change. I tried the Chocolate…