place butter in a skillet and melt over low heat, stir to keep it from burning

let it completely melt and when it's lightly brown and the solids are toasty remove it from the heat, scrape into a bowl and set it aside to cool

lightly toast the coconut and set it aside to cool as well

preheat the oven to 350°

prep a baking sheet with parchment

once the butter is cool and no longer warm mix it with the sugar until its well combined

beat in the egg and vanilla, set aside

mix the flour, soda, and salt together in a mixing bowl

stir the dry into the wet ingredients, and mix just to combine

add the coconut, oats, pecans, and chocolate, and stir to combine

divide into 14 equal-sized pieces of dough

place 7 on the prepared cookie sheet, press a pecan into the top of each cookie

bake for 12 minutes

remove from the oven and let rest for a minute before moving them to a cooling rack

repeat with the remaining dough