Chocolatey Peanut Brittle

INGREDIENTS:

1/2 c Cocoa
1/2 c ;Boiling Water
2/3 c Vegetable Shortening
1 3/4 c Sugar
1 ts Vanilla Extract
2 lg Eggs
2 1/4 c Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
1 1/2 ts Baking Soda
1/2 ts Salt
1 1/3 c Buttermilk Or Sour Milk; Use
-Dried Buttermilk Or A
-Mixture Of 1 Tb Plus 1 Ts
-White Vinegar And Enough
-Milk To Equal 1 1/3 Cup)