The difference between no-knead recipes and a “knead” recipe mostly involves time. When you knead the dough (like we do here with the bread hook in the standing mixer), it begins to develop the gluten and that gluten is what gives the bread its structure. If you just roughly mix together the ingredients, you can set the bowl for the first rise - but it can take 7-8 hours rather than 2-3 when you spend a few extra minutes with the mixer at the beginning.