Baked Apples With Philly Custard

I saw this on a Kraft website and just love the idea of using cream cheese in a custard..posting here to try soon.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 4  apples (Pink lady or lady Williams)
• 250  ml  dessert wine
• 1  cinnamon stick
• 1⁄4 cup brown sugar
• 250  g cream cheese spread
• 1⁄2 cup milk
• 2  tablespoons caster sugar
• 1  vanilla bean, split
• 1  tablespoon  custard powder, blended with
• 1  tablespoon milk, to form a paste
• 1  teaspoon arrowroot

Directions

1. CUT apples into three slices, place into a large shallow baking dish with the wine and cinnamon. Sprinkle over the brown sugar. Bake at 180°C for 20 minutes until tender. Spooning the syrup over the apples occasionally.
2. WHISK together the cream cheese and milk. Heat in a saucepan. Add sugar, vanilla bean and custard powder paste. Bring to the boil, stirring until thickened.
3. REMOVE apples from syrup, and keep warm. Pour syrup into a small saucepan. Combine arrowroot with some of the syrup to form a paste. Add to saucepan, and simmer until thickened. Serve apple slices with syrup and custard.